Oh Moly Canoli! haha - as in - wow!!! Really? Day 10 - huh...
Well - tomorrow I get add beans into my diet - I am really excited actually : ) I am excited to have a big salad with pinto beans and lighted pan-seared green peppers and onions.... mmmm... I haven't been this excited for lunch this late at night before!!
I realized today how in many Christian walks with the Lord people continuously are 'working on' various aspects of there lives that cause them to be distracted and in the end incapacitate them from serving God to their fullest potential. Often times we focus on the 'big sins' : alcohol, drugs, sex, greed, money.... this list goes on! However - I feel like very few people (maybe this is just me thinking) that get to the point of turning over their temptations for food to God. I have struggled with a variety of things in my life - and especially the 'big ticket items' I have since given them over to God and entrusted Him with the future of that struggle. Over the past 24 hours I have had a hard time being tempted to eat various, delicious-seeming items (mostly notably - cookies : ) Although I have been (doing my best to) take that time of temptation and turning it into prayer, I really don't think I ever fully trusted God with where this all was going...
So what does this have to do with what I started this last paragraph on?? In the car driving home, listening to KTIS I heard a clip of the song, "Mighty to Save" (a song I've heard a hundred times) and I really listened to the words this time - "Take me as you find me, ALL my fears and failures" ALL - all - that is the word that really got me. We live in SUCH a fallen world - we see all of these hard-core struggles with sex, money, drugs, alcohol and abuse - obviously these types of struggles can really separate us from God in a huge way, but I feel like we don't even consider the daily impact of the food we put in our bodies. God gave us these awesome, intricate bodies to cherish as temples, which should be holy and pleasing to Him. Food may seem like something we just put in and out, but it really can have a great impact on our daily functioning and short/long term health.
So many times I have heard that our bodies are temples to be cherished- typically referencing respecting our bodies, saving yourselves for marriage, not polluting your body with massive amounts of alcohol or drugs - but I have yet to hear someone state that in regards to food (before I met Kassie : )
I have just realized from this that God didn't create our bodies from a bunch of 'red 40' and 'blue 2' mixed with BHT (to preserve freshness) and partially-hydrogenated oils (for extended shelf life) - if he did we would just be a nice shade of purple that could last through a nuclear war!! (without any wrinkles I might add - ha ; ) God gave us awesome fruits, vegetables, animals, spices and water to nourish our bodies with. If he really had it in mind for us to eat Twinkies then wouldn't there be Twinkie trees?!?!?
As a Christian believer doing my best to walk with the Lord I really do want to impact God's kingdom for God. I think the best way I can do that is to nourish my body with the good foods He gave us. Now don't get me wrong - I still am going to make good, yummy (probably wheat free) breads and baked goods - but that can be done in a much healthier way than what commercial America does it - WHOLE grains, less fat - half the butter! So let's all start to get serious about what we're putting in our mouths - so we can appropriately fuel our bodies.
In the end - will I be perfect in what I eat? Oh gosh no - but I can make conscious, daily decisions to hand over my temptations towards foods my body REALLY doesn't need to God. Temptation IS the oldest sin in the world - and satan won over Eve with food - just because it tasted better - doesn't mean it's better for ya!
I don't like to offend people - so I hope I haven't crossed that line. I just know how drastically my life, mind-set, mood, personality and daily ways of communicating has SO greatly changed since I started to 'over-haul' of my diet just over 2 years ago. It's a long process - but so worth the change.
I love you all - I just hope that maybe sharing my two sense might help someone. I would love to chat with anyone about my personal journey and struggle with food - I LOVE food - sweets and wheat mainly. This hasn't been easy - but God has really directed these steps for me.
Have an awesome night - I am glad I am going to get this post posted in time for it actually to be day 10 ; ) LATE NIGHT!
Off to bed and work early tomorrow!
Love to all,
~Karin : )
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