Save me from all my transgressions. Don't make me [scorned, a.k.a. looked down on, by] fools. Psalm 39:8 NIV Bible
From time to time, there are some that I know, who have health issues that are negatively impacted by the amount of sugar they eat. Usually, I just mentally note it, but there are other times, I have mentioned it to them. In my mind, I think I'm sharing enlightening information that could possibly change their life.
The thing is, do I really think they take this important information that I've shared, as being beneficial to them? Actually, initially, I think they do, but in writing this post, I realize I am totally off base! Prayerfully contemplating all of this, I remember the eye doctor years ago, who had told me that my eyesight would be better if I would only lose some weight. I also remember the relative, who told me that I had gained weight recently. I remember being incensed by this, thinking, "Doesn't this relative know that I notice that I've gained weight, every time I step in front of the mirror! How insensitive could they be to make a comment like this!"
This hurts my heart to realize that I've been doing this same thing to others, whether I state it, or think it within my mind. Lately, while prayerfully contemplating this, I thought, "Debbie, don't you realize how you used to eat sugar, sugar, and more sugar? Don't you remember how you ate grapefruit with layers of sugar, that you would eat, and immediately add another layer of sugar? Don't you remember sleecing pies, where you would cut thin slices out of the pie, and then another, and another, until so much of the pie was gone, that you squashed the top of the pie down, so it looked like more of the pie was left?" I'm overwhelmed with how I've put these memories on some back shelf, instead of being more sensitive and supportive of those, who deal with these same issues. I pray that the Lord God, opens my heart to the plight of others.
