Isaiah 63:9 - " In all their distress he too was distressed, and the angel of His presence saved them."
One thing that I know for sure is the God is with me on this journey. My Father loves me enough to know what is right for me and to be present as I correct my path and return to healthy habits. He guides me to do what is right for me, His child. God lives within me in the Holy Spirit, in essence, I am a tabernacle for Him. How do I dare polute a tabernacle with cheetos, brownies, sodas, and other junk food?
I am a fruit of His vine, and as such need to nourish myself in that way. I could say "That's it! I will cut out all junk food, sweets etc. from now on..." I think I may last until noon, lol! My first challenge is to do what is right for my body, and not focus on eliminating what I am doing that is wrong. In prayer, the Lord has led me to my first goal. Pray for me, as I pray for you during the forty weeks we are together.
This first week's goal: forty servings of fruits/vegetables. That number sounds like alot, but the US Department of Agriculture's recommendations suggest that we have two and a half cups of vegetables and two cups of fruit everyday. This equals five to seven servings, depending on whether the produce is cooked or not. So, forty servings a day is about what we should be eating. When setting a goal, logging increments of progress motivating, and improves the likelihood that we will stick to the plan. I will log in daily with the total number of servings.
Check out the USDA Pyrimid...Challenge: Print it and post on your refrigerator!
http://www.mypyramid.gov/downloads/MiniPoster.pdf
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Yesterday's produce recall:
ReplyDeletepear, watermelon, carrots, salad, dried cranberries, tomato sauce.
Total: 6 servings/ 34 to go!
Faith verse: Song of Solomon 2:5 - "Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love."
As I fill my body with healthy food, I do feel affirmed. I am doing something good for me that only I can do. No one can put this food into my body for me, it is up to me. Such is the Holy Spirit's presence within me. Like I had to seek out the right food choices to nourish me, I have to seek out relationship with Christ to nourish my spiritual life. No one can do this for me either. Without food I feel weak, irritated, anxious, and eventually not well. Without filling my plate spiritually, these same feelings arise, if not physically, certainly emotionally.
Father, fill my plate today with your presence in my actions, and in what I say, as well as what I do not say. Amen.