Soooo about this whole earth shattering way that I view food and exercise...
This has been a long time coming actually. I believe that for the past year the Lord has been stripping lies and falsehoods from my heart and brain when it comes to how I view food. It's been a struggle to see the truth in the midst of such "logical" falsehoods...things like, you need to look after yourself first. you need to take care of you. you can and should be selfish and make changes for you. you should count calories. you should make sure that u monitor each and every thing u do for exercise and write down every morsel of food you consume. seem logical right?
well, i have been hammered with some truths that definitely counteract all those things. and please if you disagree show me some verses in the Bible where it tells you to be selfish, to put yourself above others, etc etc. You won't find any.
SO basically I have been reading a Biblically based book along with praying and reading the Word to see what the good Lord says about food and exercise. I HAVE BEEN BLOWN AWAY!!!
Basically I have learned that my body was made in such an intricate way that the Lord designed my body to know how much it needs for food and exercise. Stay with me. I need to trust Him to have my body communicate with me so that I know when I am hungry and when I am satisfied. Because He is perfect in all He does I can trust in Him to use the very thing He created to guage what and how much I eat. So what that means is I don't write anything down, I don't count points *gasp*, I don't weigh anything, and i most certainly do not get CONTROLLED by any longer to the very thing I need to live and exist.
See when I was doing WW, yes, He used that to teach me things about eating, but when it all said and done, WW is not the Bible. I was still in control though using the parameters of WW, but I was placing my trust and hope in a program not my creator.
make sense?
it does to me.
3 comments:
Well said lady! I think the intricacies of the human body are amazing! We just have to learn to listen to it, which is really hard, but with the Lord's strength, you'll be golden!
Wow Amanda... that's pretty cool! Who would have thought that the Bible could instruct us on food and exercise!! *gasp* ;) That's a great mindset... one that I need to take hold of as well!!
God's been showing Steven and I recently that He has quite a bit to say about everything... and that His word is the place to look! We tend to go to other sources first (Christian books, etc...) - but His Words contain the truths we need! Such a *duh* concept - but one that He is continually pounding into us.
It is very true what you said, and the most logical thing there is. I would never knock programs that try to help people manage these kinds of eating and exercising things, but you are right to acknowledge the perfect design we as people are and how to humbly view that truth. Thanks, Plug, You are so wise.
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