Since I have used this Bible passage as an example of how the Lord God has positively influenced my overeating, this doesn't necessarily reflect the whole meaning of the verse. Debbie

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God or Food...Hmmm....Let Me Think!

Matthew 22: 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment.

 Over 30 years ago, when I finally turned my food, my eating, stress, and life over into Jesus's very capable hands, He had lessons for me. One of them was to realize that food had become a false god in my life. When I was stressed, I would have a feeling down in my stomach like I was starved to death. I call it the "Eat the Door Knobs Off" feeling, because I would feel that hungry.  

 Christ showed me that if I turn to food, I'm turning to it for comfort instead of turning to my Lord and Savior. The more I tried turning to Christ when I had that "Eat the Door Knobs Off" feeling, I was shown time and time again that I had something bothering me or something I was worried about. When I turned these feelings over to Jesus, they went away and so did the stress. 

 Although I knew I could turn things over, there were times early on when I just wanted to eat a whole container of lime fluff Jello, because that's what I used to eat when I thought my stomach was sick. I knew enough, to know by this point, that these feelings were related to stress, but I didn't immediately turn them over to Christ. It's like I was saying, "God or Food...Hmmm...Let Me Think!" Well, "Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment." Matthew 22: 37-38 Jesus didn't say that loving food came first before God, which was part of me finally realizing that I had truly made food a false god without even realizing it. When I turned it over and each and every time I continue to turn it over, God heals my stress and He makes my whole life whole unlike any food of any kind can do!

 Because these posts are examples of how I've applied these Bible verses to my life, they don't necessarily reflect the whole meaning of the Bible verse. Debbie

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