Is my complaint directed to a human being? Why shouldn't I be impatient? Job 21:4 NIV Bible
I wish this was different! I wish that was different! I wish I were different, or I wish I were the same as I used to be! It seems that I get caught up in complaining more that I should! The thing is, every time I complain, I'm not complaining to a person. My complaints are within me, and the Lord God, Who has done so much for me, hears these!
As I'm writing this to you, it makes me realize how ungrateful I really am! This is God, Who gave His only begotten Son, to die on the cross and rise again for my sins- how can I even consider complaining! If that wasn't enough for the Lord to do, He also very generously took away my need for large amounts of food, over 30 years ago. He also allowed an 80+ pound weight loss, without exercising, not that exercising isn't healthy. But I think He did it that way, so I knew that He bestowed this generous gift on me, and it wasn't from any exercising that I might have done!
Now, my weight has fluctuated up and down 5 to 20 pounds over the 30+ plus years, but the Lord has kept the vast majority of it off all that time. Fortunately for me, He refocuses me when I get off-track in my faith and in my eating...and He can do the same for you, if you let Him. It all happened when I prayed and turned my eating, food, and stress over to Him, as explained in the About the Author portion. He can do the same for you, will it be the same way it happened to me? I have no idea, because the Lord works different ways in different people's lives, but I do know He can do it, if you let Him!
