Recently, I have decided to embark on a new bible study. I am hoping that I will begin to face some of my issues with food. So here I am to admit it... I like food. I like chocolate and sweets. I don't like chips, but give me some fried onion rings or cheese curds... yum. I love my comfort food - mac n' cheese, stews and casseroles. And they are comfort food. They make me feel better on a yucky day when all I want to do is curl up with them and watch some rerun on tv.
I need to get healthy. There are lots of reasons, besides my health too. I know all of them. Yet, part of me just wants to stay as I am and not change. I'm stubborn. (Ask anyone who knows you and STUBBORN probably is on their top ten adjectives used to describe me). I am also stubborn in ALL the wrong ways. Being stubborn and not giving up your good morals, your faith, your marriage, etc. can be good. But I don't want to change what is comfortable.
I feel God is beginning to rock my boat and sending the storm to get my attention. It's like "Hey Angie! I know you are comfortable, but I didn't want you to be comfortable here. I have better plans for you then this." Isn't it great that we have a God who pursues us? Even the littlest detail is important to Him.
It's time to get real with myself and with God. We all crave something. Love, attention, fame, money, sex, drugs, status, food, etc. We weren't created to crave those things more than God. Sometimes we think a little bit is ok and before we know it, we turn our comfort, our refuge, our attention to somewhere or something other than God.
Ironically, as I started this bible study, there is also an online venison of the study that just began this week. So if you want to join along, now is a good time to do it. http://melissataylor.org/and-more/
Dear Lord,
Thank you for calling me out of my hiding place. Thank you for bring out into the open the heart issues and life issues that I need to face. Keep me soft and pliable in Your loving arms while I strive to make the changes in my life that you are calling me to do. Help me seek you for my comfort, my refuge, my strength. Give me encouragement along the way and remind me that I do not walk this path alone.
Amen
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