Wow, 38 Days and not one hunger pain. Never again will I listen and take seriously any adult who has eaten in the past 24 hours who says “I’m starved.” It’s just not possible! It is likely that we want to eat, we feel it is time to eat, or that we just crave some particular food.
I think of the countless times in life that I have eaten food that wasn’t good, just because in my mind, it was time to eat. We are a spoiled group of people. It reminds me of the Children of Israel. They were being fed “perfect food” manna from heaven and they cried out to God in complaint, wanting more. Wow
God made us in His image and He obviously made us with a need for food and a desire for such that tastes very good. However, He didn’t make us to indulge ourselves to the point of bodily destruction. When I say bodily destruction I mean eating ourselves into poor health. Look around and you will see it everywhere and it is a sin that we NEVER hear preached about.
I personally struggle with weight and have most of my life. I love to eat and I use to say ” I would rather eat than sleep”, that is not so funny anymore. The fact is, I could easily weigh 400 pounds, when I tell people that, they don’t believe me. It is true, I could eat my way to 400 lbs without any problem if I would just allow it. I will not allow it, it is within my ability to refrain and have some self-control and not allow it to happen.
I have learned a lot over the past 38 days and I have 2 more to complete but what I have learned over and over is that anyone who has a food lust and most people do, we have a sin that needs to be dealt with.
By the way, it is a beautiful day, near 80 degrees and I was able to walk 3 miles this morning. God is awesome!
Ronnie
