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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I've Been Told God Doesn't Make Junk!

Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

God doesn’t make junk! I’ve heard this before, but I don’t know that I’ve always applied this to my life. Is that because I thought I was worth more than junk? Actually, a big portion of my life I felt worthless. I all too often equated worth with thinness, which is a big mistake. Christ loves us the way we are regardless of our size with all our many flaws and vices. He just knows that we would be happier and healthy without all those flaws and vices.

Since He knows this and wants what’s best for us, if we turn to Him with these human weaknesses, He will heal us of them if we ask Him and are open to what He shows us. I prayed for many years for God to make Me thin, to help Me lose weight. I wasn’t turning these things or the problems over to God. I was asking for Him to make it easier for Me to do it all.

It wasn’t until the day I gave up and told God I had tried so many different diets and couldn’t do it and if He wanted me to be thin He’d have to do it, that He turned this major vice around. I wondered for a long time why He did it that very day. I think that’s the first time I gave up control and admitted that I couldn’t do it, and put it into Christ’s very capable hands. If He could have me lose over 80 pounds and keep the vast majority of the weight off for over 30 years, He can do the same with your weaknesses and vices, if you let Him.  You just have to give up control and turn it over to Him, because as you know, God doesn’t make junk! 

 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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