"You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you." Deuteronomy 4:2
This passage is important in me, because it reminds me that I always need to give viewers the Straight Scoop! My 80+ pound weight loss and keeping the vast majority of it off didn't come by me or trying harder to stick to some diet. It is all a blessing from God. One day, I sat down and prayed telling God that I was giving up and if He ever wanted me to thin, He'd have to do it Himself, because I couldn't. I was really giving up on dieting and didn't expect anything to happen, but it did starting that very same day.
This didn't happen because of what a good Christian am. I am sinful and God continues to show me my many shortcomings. Fortunately, He does so, because He gets me refocused on what He wants me to do! I'm not kidding! I had gotten into a bad habit of snacking after dinner, but I wasn't praying about it. One day I did pray about it, but Christ had it on my heart through several different situations that I'm not supposed to do that any more. At first, I thought it was because of the particular thing that I wanted to snack, but it wasn't. This has happened consistently over the last week regardless of what I wanted to snack. Of course, fruits and veggies weren't what I was craving. I found I was frustrated with God, because I REALLY wanted to snack, which is pretty scary! That means I have gotten back into the bad habit of turning to food to comfort me during stressful times which makes it a false god, instead of putting all my stress and concerns into Christ's very capable hands.
He showed me this many years ago, but I was letting those lessons go by the wayside. I used to know that when I want to eat, regardless of whether I'm hungry or not, was usually a sign that I needed to have some quiet time with Christ guiding me about what I was stressing over. Obviously, I need to pay attention to that again! I'm not perfect, but fortunately God takes the time to refocus me again and again and again and again. That's the Straight Scoop!
