God Evening Family,
The past three weeks I've been on a health program called Take Shape For Life. It's helping me lose weight, my joint pain is gone, my taste buds are changing, and my stomach is learning to appreciate smaller servings.
As I've been making changes in my eating habits I'm beginning to realize just how much food ruled my life. I always knew I was an emotional eater. Also I would wander in the kitchen and just start eating mindlessly. Where is the fruit of self control in all this?
I am really starting to understand how this must displease God. Imagine this, I witness to a drug addict and pray for God to set them free. Later I go home and binge on a box of Twinkies. Pretty ironic huh? The one who is supposed to be setting the captive free is captive herself.
How am I supposed to have authority over demons when I can't take dominion over a box of Twinkies?
This may not sound too spiritual but really the physical does affect the spiritual to some extent. I noticed that overdosing on sugar brought on anger, major mood swings,joint pain, and of course condemnation. No matter how much I prayed I couldn't seem to break out of those emotional/physical issues. Healthy eating is breaking it however.
God said His people perish from lack of knowledge. He gave us only one body and then said we are not our own. We take better care of our cars then we do the temple of God. It is our responsibility to find out how to keep these bodies in tip top shape. Why? To do the work of the Lord, to enjoy the life He gave us, to enjoy our walk with Him. It's hard to walk in love,joy, patience and peace when you're overweight and aging prematurely because you lack self control.
I love the Word of God and life would be bleak without my time with God in prayer. But all the prayer in the world is not going to sanctify a Twinky.
Stay in Prayer and in the Word!
Love in our Lord,
Lauren
