Do you …
Dear
Reader,
Can you and I have a confab today?
How often during a day do you think
about food? Three times—at meal
times? Five times, adding in a couple
snack times? More times than that?
I’d sure like to know if you are
like I am. It seems to me, I think about
food some 18 hours a day (subtracting sleep hours and the three times I eat
meals).
Now I realize some of that think
time consists of meal planning: What
shall I make for breakfast? For lunch? For supper?
But much of the time is stinkin’
thinkin’: When do I get to eat
again? What can I eat right now? How much can I eat?
Why do I think about food, what
seems to me, most of my waking hours? A
major reason, I think, is that food is a sensual pleasure. It comforts me. Eating is something to do, especially in the
evening when I am watching TV or reading.
I am soooooo embarrassed to share
this flaw with you, but maybe admitting these thoughts is a step toward
healing. Do you, Reader, relate to
me? If so, what can you and I do?
Gloria and I have posted various
suggestions of God’s provisions for our being freed from enslavement to
overeating, and once again as I reflected on this particular eating dilemma,
the Holy Spirit brought a Scripture verse to mind: “…Fix your thoughts on what is true and
honorable and right. Think about things
that are pure and lovely and admirable.
Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise” (Phil. 4:8
Life Application Study Bible).
Is this my answer? I pray for the grace to fix my thoughts on
“what is true, honorable and right” when unnecessary thoughts of food intrude
into my mind? I think I’ll try it. What about you?
Sharon Witty
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