There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but
God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able;
but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to
bear it. 1 Corinthians 10:13
I told you in the last post that I had some homemade from
scratch pumpkin bread that sunk in the middle, leaving me with about seven
loaves that were not presentable to give away. Additionally, I shared that
although it doesn’t bother me to see others eating sweets and desserts, because
God has taken that craving away, I do have a difficult time with foods that are
going to waste. For some reason, I feel like it is my duty to eat it all, so
that it’s not a waste after all.
Earlier in the day, I felt like I was going to cry when
having a conversation with a family member who didn’t exactly agree with me. I found myself overwhelmed from this minor
event and tried to be prayerful about why I was responding so dramatically to
something relatively insignificant. During my prayer, God allowed me to
remember the three slices out of the middle of the pumpkin bread that I had sampled
the day before. It was the sugar in that bread that was bringing me down and
making me feel so touchy, like I could cry at the drop of a hat. I hadn’t felt
that way in a long time, but God helped me remember the effects that sugar has
on my blood sugar levels and moods.
Determined, I was going to need to get rid of this pumpkin
bread so that I didn’t ended up eating any more, I sliced the ends off either
side of a smaller loaf of pumpkin bread to serve to another family member. That
left me with the soft, doughy middle that really tasted good when I sampled
more than I should have. I held it in my hands and remembered what God had
shown me earlier about the influence sugar still had on me.
I quickly prayed and took that middle section and threw it
in the garbage, which is a pretty big thing for me, since I have a difficult
time with food wasting. God let me know that was the right thing to do. Additionally,
it I realized I have to find ways to give the rest of the pumpkin bread away. I
gave a small loaf to the air conditioning repairman. We will slice the firmer
parts and take to a friend who recently had surgery. The midsections need to
all go in the garbage. Fortunately for me, He guides me even when I am feeling
lured elsewhere and straightens my focus. There hath no temptation taken you but such
as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted
above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape,
that ye may be able to bear it. 1 Corinthians 10:13
Since this is an example of the positive influence God has made on my overeating, this may not reflect the whole meaning of the Bible verse.
