Manuel Uribe set a Guinness Book World Record back in 2006, when he weighed an astonishing 1,230 pounds! Since then, he has shed an amazing 550 pounds - still leaving him with plenty more pounds to lose (and I thought I had it tough with the weight I should lose!). Manuel was in the news recently as he married his long time sweetheart. Since he has not been able to leave his bed in six years, his bride did all the walking and standing during the ceremony - a ceremony which left Manuel in tears. Now that he is married, Manuel has set a goal to become the world's biggest loser. The current Guinness World Records for weight loss are held by and American woman Rosalie Bradford at 907 pounds lost, and a British man Jon Brower Minnoch who lost 924 pounds. So Manuel has a few pounds to go! But concerning his fight against his obesity, Manuel said, "The doctors told me I had a choice. To choose life or to choose death. I chose life." Now those are good words that reveal the kind of attitude we all should cultivate. Since all of us face difficulties (you may even be facing a HUGE one right now!), we all need to remember that how we face life's difficulties is a CHOICE. Just as Maneul Uribe made the right choice to try and overcome his obesity, we must do the same no matter what our difficult situation might be. So the question we must all answer is this: Will we choose to do our best to meet the challenge while trusting God to work in us and around us? Or will we choose to grumble and complain and adopt a victim mentality ("Oh, woe is me!")? This choice will make all the difference as to whether we will rise above our difficulties or our difficulties will rise above us!
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pj
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