|
Post by renkymac on Oct 29, 2009 20:29:35 GMT -8
The diet I am on has it's own website, and every day, there is a little thing to read that is usually motivational, and sometimes really thought provoking. Today's entry included the following line: "Candy isn't good or bad, it's just candy—yes, it's just candy—and the more you can treat it as such, the less it will appear as such a coveted treat."
I knew this. I really did. I even posted on this website once about how I really wanted to get to the point where food was just fuel, something I need to survive, not something I worship.
I have been struggling for several weeks now with the abundance of candy around, and I confess, candy is one of my main weaknesses (along with bread and cookies!) I can eat a lot of candy in a really short amount of time. And it seems like the more I try NOT to think about candy, the more I think about it! It is a totally self-defeating, diet sabotaging cycle!
I was not only thinking about it all wrong, I was thinking about it too much! When I read that line tonight, it was like God said to me, "See, that's what I've been trying to tell you. You care too much about it. Just care about me instead. Soon you won't care about candy at all."
Okay, Lord, I'm trusting you on this. It's...just...candy...
|
|
|
Post by Teresa on Nov 4, 2009 5:29:25 GMT -8
Yea, the place where we put our focus will become bigger and bigger and the place where we don't look becomes smaller and smaller. So when we put a big focus on God, the other things (including eating problems/temptations) get smaller. And when we put the focus on the eating/problems, then they get bigger and God seems smaller (or less likely to reach down and help us with them.) Good observation...thanks for sharing it with us. - teresa
|
|