They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the honeycomb. Psalm 19:10
Actually this Bible verse is saying the Lord God's decrees are more precious than pure gold and are sweeter than honey. In recent posts, I told you how I ate some strawberry shortcake made with artificial sweeteners. Unfortunately, I don't handle artificial sweeteners very well. They throw off my sleep cycle and my digestive system!
Also, since I'm hypoglycemic and a compulsive over eater, eating what has artificial sweeteners in it, although it's not sugar, starts a cycle of my body craving sweet foods. On the way home from the trip, I started munching on a bag of what I thought was artificially sweetened kettle corn, to stay awake on the long trip home. Well, that should have been enough of a warning to me!
Later, I enjoyed the kettle corn so much, I decided to look at the list of ingredients. I knew I shouldn't have any more artificial sweeteners after the strawberry shortcake. As it turns out, it was made with sugar and had reduced calories. I decided to eat it, even knowing, that my body doesn't handle sugar well, either. It was minutes later, that I bit down and broke my crown on some popcorn. Although I was frustrated about the broken tooth, I feel very fortunate that Christ stopped me in my tracks, from continuing to do something that causes me so many problems. It often takes me several prayerful weeks to get the cravings for sweet foods out of my body. Fortunately, the Lord God stopped me when I wouldn't stop myself!
