Saturday I started to wonder if I had died and gone to hell because I was setting out Chick-Fil-A Chick-N-Minis and wasn't able to eat any. Y'all, not even ONE! The accountability with this has been amazing and I'm so grateful because it's keeping me intentional about thinking before I eat. If only I did that more when it came to speaking. That means this is getting easier at times because while Chick-N-Minis would be a wonderful thing to enjoy, I don't HAVE to have them. Granted, I probably would have said otherwise two weeks back. It's an encouraging feeling to be seeing that these foods don't complete me because they were never meant to. I feel good on the inside and the out. I just rolled my eyes at that statement but it's true. My smile even seems brighter as well as my skin...so those are even better perks that I'd like to keep!
Ironically enough, I don't dislike people or life as much as I had expected to. I have to say, it's a pleasant surprise and has come in handy considering some of the things happening on and off through each day at the office. Sugar, like a drug, can really impact moods and I'm glad to be seeing that with this journey.
Ultimately, this is showing me that I don't NEED the junk. While it looks, smells and seems oh so good, it could very well lead to shame, destruction and death. It's like sin. No, I'm not saying eating junk food is a sin, unless it's gluttony, but I'm saying that it can get to that point for me. Also, that sin is flashy, appealing and downright fun at times. It comes at a cost that is all too often accompanied by the shame, destruction and death mentioned above. I don't know about you but I hate living with limitations. My weight, how I feel about said weight and my heart are all restricted because of the ways I had been choosing to live (eat). Regardless as to the weight loss that will be coming (so they say) with this, I feel better already and don't want to trade that for a fleeting moment that comes with junk. Down the road there will be some little indulgences but it will have to be on the very rare occasions because I know what I can and shouldn't have.
I'm keeping this short and sweet and will finish by saying that food doesn't define us, it wasn't created to. The same goes for people (spouse, child, friend and etc.). We were created to long for Christ and he alone completes us. Let's walk in the freeing reminder today. Psalm 63 goes into detail about how David longed for God to satisfy him because it was only He that could provide. That longing that we have can't be filled by anything other than Christ. We can try but it won't work because we're left wanting more of everything else but when we truly have Him, we are satisfied. Oh what sweet truth!
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