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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It Makes My Head Spin!

Acts 10:42 And He commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is He [Jesus] which was ordained of God to be the Judge of the quick and dead. 

Sometimes, I get so frustrated by everything happening or not happening in politics that it makes my head spin! There was a time that I used to eat over matters like this, and maybe I am again, since my clothes have gotten snug on me, of late.

 I hear so much anger when I listen to those who are supposed to be diplomatic and focused on the greater good. It ties my stomach up in knots, because I get concerned that all this negativity has an impact on our children, grandchildren, and society, as well. It seems that it's more common to hear people making equally negative remarks about others, which saddens me.

 So, in reading: Acts 10:42 And He commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is He [Jesus] which was ordained of God to be the Judge of the quick and dead. , I am here to tell you that only Jesus Christ can judge us. We shouldn't get caught up in all the negative rhetoric of current day and judge others as we see and hear on a daily basis! 

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

The True Bread of Life

John 6: 47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on Me hath everlasting life. 48 I am that bread of life.

 I picked this particular Bible passage, because it dealt with bread. My friend and I go to lunch or brunch once a month. We sent texts this morning trying to decide where to go to eat. I told her that we hadn't been to a particular salad bar in a long time and I'd like to go there, if she didn't mind.

 We were going to meet up earlier than I had anticipated, so I quickly ate some cottage cheese and crushed pineapple in its own juice for breakfast. I got to thinking that I didn't eat a "bread" with breakfast. Then, I realized that I didn't usually eat a "bread" or other bread-like carbs at the salad bar. I got to day-dreaming about how I wanted to spend the two breads. (Sometimes, I think of my daily allotment of three breads per day as a type of a "bread" checking account.) Then, I realized that having Chicken with Wild Rice Soup in a Bread Bowl along with a small salad sounded really good. I checked with my friend and she agreed to go.

 Well, I ate the middle plug of the bread bowl while dipping it in my soup. I ate some of the edges of the bread bowl, as well, but there was a lot left. I contemplated eating it, because I don't get to do go there often, when Christ reminded me that I don't have to eat all of something just because it's there. He always gives me the right instincts, but unfortunately, I don't always listen, although I wish I did. I'm so glad I listened this time, because I wasn't overly full like I would have been if I had eaten the whole bread bowl, plus between the rice and the amount of bread I had already eaten, I really had used up my two "breads" that I had coming to me. Besides, Christ is the true bread of life and I shouldn't be making food and eating such a priority in my life.
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

Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled

John 14: 27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

I started the morning with trying on a blouse that was too tight and had to change it. It caused me to take stock in my recent eating decisions and my negating the impact these food choices was having on my body.

 I was very blessed that Christ allowed me a weight loss of over 80 pounds and has allowed the vast majority of it to stay off for over 30 years! What am I doing? For one, I'm be disrespectful when I ignore all Christ has done for me, according to the food choices I've been making of late.

 Usually, when I start slip sliding into old unhealthy eating patterns, something is going on and I'm hiding behind the food. Maybe it's that my doctor thought I needed to see a neurologist to gets some tests. I check on-line to see the types of health issues that could require a neurologist or the tests mentioned and it put me in a fear mode. 

 I type that, but I said to myself and to others that I trusted Christ implicitly with my health issues, but was that the case? I think that I'm becoming aware while writing this, that I wasn't totally trusting Christ the way I said and I was taking comfort, instead, in the food that I was eating in large quantities, even though it was just fruit. Christ showed me a long time ago, that any time I turn to food for comfort instead of Him, the food has become a false god to me. This makes me so sad, because I thought I was long past making food a false god in my life, but obviously, I was wrong! I need to pray and ask Christ's forgiveness and ask Him to refocus me.

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

It Was Just Cherries, Right???

James 2: 14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? Can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? 17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

In the last couple of posts, I've written how I was tempted to keep the cherries I was given rather than share them with someone who was ill. After struggling with that more than I should have had to, I was given more cherries a couple of days later. I found myself gorging on those, although I did divide the big container of cherries in half for two days.

 Well, on two separate occasions, of late, I have found that my pants were tighter than usual. Today, I was going to lunch with a friend and found the blouse I put on was too tight in the sleeves. Also, I couldn't even button one button on the over blouse. I ended up changing and put on another top instead.

 Prayerfully contemplating all of this, I had to be honest with myself. I could no longer just say, "It was just cherries, it's only fruit." Sure I could have a cupful of cherries and it would have probably caused no further repercussions, but to gorge myself on cherries for two evenings, was quite a different things. Yes, they are fruit. Yes, they have fiber. Yes, they are far better for you than a processed sugary treat, but the calories do add up. Christ wanted us to have moderation in all things and that includes wonderful, juicy cherries, as well!

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

Then, Gluttony Set In

Titus 2:11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14 Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

In the last post, I shared how I had struggled with giving some cherries to someone who had been ill. You wouldn't have thought that something like that would be able to sneak in and undermine our faith, but it did. Satan knows where my vulnerabilities are and sneaks up and tempts us when we are especially susceptible to these.

 Anyway, the Holy Spirit helped me conquer the struggle with keeping the cherries of giving to the person who had been ill. A few days later, my husband came in with a big container of cherries for me. I don't know that he knew exactly how much I struggled with eating the previous ones or giving them tho the other person, but I was delighted to get them.

 Then, I went to the other extreme. The cherry container was a double sized one and I ate over half of them in one evening. They were good, but not outstanding, but I just kept popping one after the other into my mouth. I went from being stingy with the cherries, to gluttony. I have to remember that Jesus redeems us from all inequity including both stinginess and gluttony, and would rather have me more focused on doing His will instead of wallowing in the gutter with my vices.

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

To Share or Not to Share? That is the Question

Ephesians 6: 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.

Here I am misquoting Shakespeare again. Also, this is a long stretch with the connection I got to this particular Bible verse, but it's the connection I had. I was given a container of nice, juicy cherries. I heard of someone who was sick and thought that they might enjoy them. Then the firey darts of the wicked stepped in and I tried to talk myself out of giving it to the other person, because I love cherries and don't get them often. 

 I went back and forth for some time trying to rationalize how I should keep the cherries instead of giving them to the other person. I even got to the point where I decided that I would eat one and if they were of less than superior quality, I shouldn't give them to someone else, but should keep them for myself. You wouldn't want to give anything with less than superior quality to someone else, right??? Yeah, right!!!

 They were of superior quality and the Holy Spirit kicked in, because my faith was on the brink of teetering as I struggled with whether to give or eat the cherries myself. I called the person right away and asked if they wanted the cherries, which they did. I'm glad that the Holy Spirit is there for me when I find that I am vulnerable to food and ways that I feel tempted, at times.

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

I Bit My Mouth

Revelation 3: 15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of My mouth.

Unfortunately, my works are too often lukewarm and I need to be mindful of that in more ways than one. Also, my eating, of late, has been lukewarm-not the food, but my listening to the eating program that Christ showed me that works for my body.

 I've been eating too much of things. I've been eating too large of portions. I've been mindless eating and the list goes on.... Fortunately, Christ never gives up on me, even when I do. I had a routine doctor's appointment a few days ago and noticed that my weight was more than I had hoped for. Recently, Christ has been showing that my lax attitude is contributing to this significantly.

 Today, I went out to lunch with my neighbor. We do this once a month. Well, I ordered a Pecan Belgian Waffle (no syrup) with a side order of one egg scrambled. I've got to get some protein in my meal, right??? Anyway, three quarters through the Belgian Waffle, I realized I wasn't hungry, but kept eating it until I bit the inside of my mouth. At that very second, I wondered if Christ was saying to me, "Debbie, what in the world are you doing eating the whole waffle when you are already full? You know that you've been concerned lately that your pants are getting too tight on you. What are you thinking?" 

 Of course, He didn't actually say that, but too me, that's what crossed my mind when I bit my cheek. I am so blessed that Christ never gives up on me even when I've given up on myself!

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

It Was Just Two Pieces of Pizza...

Exodus 16:18 And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much [manna] had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.

I like the way God provided for the Israelite's as they wandered in the wilderness for 40 years. The part that always catches my eye is that God made it so those who were greedy and gathered more than they should have, didn't have more than they needed. On the other hand, those who gathered an insufficient amount had exactly enough.  Christ takes care of us in all situations, if we let Him!

 Well, the day after downing the last of the Corn Chowder that I talked about in the previous post, I baked a pizza that my husband had brought home. I sliced it down the middle vertically and across the middle horizontally. Both my husband and I had two pieces of pizza, but did I mention how much that adds up to? Since this just came through my fingertips, I figured I better find out just how many calories there are. Well, the internet says that there are 250 calories in an 1/8 pizza slice. Since my two pieces really totaled a half pizza, I have to multiply that amount by 4. That's 1,000 calories for the two pieces of medium pizza I ate for dinner. Also, each 1/8 slice of pizza has 10 grams of fat, but I have to multiply that by 4, as well for a total of 40 grams of fat. Wow!

 This is an eye-opener. Unfortunately, I've eaten this many times before, telling myself, "Well, you're only eating two pieces of pizza." Yeah, Right!!!!!

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

Corn Chowder

John 12: 23 And Jesus answered them, saying, the hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. 

I know this is a very thin Bible verse tie-in to the topic of this post, but I really like it! I had made scalloped corn for my family. There was plenty left over, which delighted me, because that allowed me to make Corn Chowder with the left-overs. 

 I planned that I would use half to make a batch of Corn Chowder the first night and use the other half to make another batch the following night. It turned out that I was the only one eating it. Did that stop me? No! I went right ahead and ate both bowls of Corn Chowder both nights. 

 When I noticed that my pants were getting too tight, did I connect it to all the Corn Chowder? No, of course not! Why be responsible for your own actions when it's better to blame something else! Who would have thought that eating four bowls of what turns out to be gravy with some corn thrown in would have caused me to gain weight???? Right???? I'm actually making fun of myself and my distorted logic, at the time!

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

Desire

Hebrews 6: 11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: 12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

We went to a very special restaurant for brunch while with family during our vacation.  That's when the desire hit me! They had this special Challah bread stuffed French Toast that was filled with cream cheese and pecans. Now that sounds good, but it was topped with Marion-berries, as well.

 Did I order that? No, I ordered some souffle blueberry pancakes. Before we were served the food, I made a deal with someone at the table, to trade a bite of my pancakes for a bite of their French Toast. That was the beginning of my desire. I tasted one bite of the stuffed French toast and immediately knew I should have ordered that instead.

 The person that ordered the French toast only ate one of the the stuffed pieces. I wanted so very much to ask for the other piece of French toast, but I didn't. Instead, I watched as that person packed it up in a To-go container. Later, I found out that the French toast stayed in the car too many hours and had to be thrown away. My first instinct was to be frustrated, because I would have really enjoyed it rather than it wasting. My next instinct that Christ gave me was to realize I was spared from this craving of desire. I had been thinking of that stuffed French toast for a couple of days. Anytime that food takes up that much of my thought processes, it has become a false god to me. Fortunately, Christ saved me from myself, once again!

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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