“Songs of Victory”

You are my hiding place from every storm of life; you even keep me from getting into trouble! You surround me with songs of victory. Psalm 32:7

Verse Reflections:  This verse warms me with excitement.    Being surrounded with “songs of victory” is such a glorious vision that it almost makes me cock my ears to listen.  No matter what storm of life we are facing God IS our hiding place.  We can rest in His arms as the wind is raging, the rain, the sleet are pounding around us.  Even if we get hit by shrapnel we can know that we will be victorious because God surrounds us with songs that shout our victory.  I love David’s second line “you EVEN keep me from getting into trouble”.  How many times a day, a week or a year does God keep us from trouble that we never even learn about?  How many storms never hit because we are resting in God’s hiding place that protects us?  So today we are going to listen to the songs of victory.  We will be victorious in eating foods that are healthy, foods that actually taste awesome and we will hide from everything in life that makes us want to turn to food for comfort.  We will not feed our pain. We will feel our pain, cry, let God wipe our tears so we can get over it and get on with a victorious life.  We will be victorious!

Prayer:  Lord, thank You for the victory over eating.  Thank You for the bigger victory over life.  I know it is crazy that an hour long eating process can sometimes just be a reflection of the storms of life and my reactions to them; my anxiety, my sadness, my pain.  I take food and I gorge and gorge until I physically feel the pain that I don’t want to feel mentally or spiritually.  And yet I believe that overall I am a very happy person.  It is a crazy contrast.  Perhaps it is because I am such a happy person that I internalize anything else and just feed it until it pops.  Then I am all happy again.  Oh, and then I get on the scales or try on clothes and it all comes crashing back in force.  Enough said.  Lord, I am excited about this victory.  New days of victory.  New days of hiding in your arms from the storms of life.  Thank You for “EVEN keeping me from trouble”.  I have had fun (except for that one day) eating Your foods, staying out of trouble.  I am listening to the songs of victory and loving them.  Victory here we come!