“Living hope”

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 1 Peter 1:3

Verse Reflections:  God has given us a living hope through Christ.  I know the new birth that this verse is referring to is the great amazing birth of our souls and the lightness of being that believing in the grace of Jesus gives us.  And yet, it also speaks to my current journey of eating right.  I have a living hope, a new birth of who I am because of the POWER that Christ has.  I am amazed at how easy my day of choosing foods that are good for me are if I start the day with Him.  The days I skip that time, that reflection… it is as though there is a hole in me that is not filled up so I must pour foods in the hole to make me happy, to make me full, to make me feel complete.  On the days that I spend time with God I am already happy so the foods just go on top and there are no holes in my soul that must be filled. Boy, we could go into major therapy for those two sentences, couldn’t we?  Maybe I am overanalyzing but the bottom line is I really start the day differently when I take advantage of His word, His mercy.  I am hopeful, I am blessed by Him and I have a strength that I do not have on days I skip His word.

Prayer:  Father, thank you for the new birth that You have given me through the death and rebirth of Your son.  This unprecedented miracle here on earth showed Your power.  Help me to take advantage of, to claim this power today.  You have already blessed me beyond imagination with Your mercy and grace.  I want to be born anew now in my eating, my health, my weight.  I want to use this living hope.  That is such a beautiful phrase.  Thank You for it.  I think I will seize “living hope” for my daily thought today.  Seal it on my heart, my soul and change me with this living hope.  I am Your child that has been born anew and we are going to eat healthy and have fun today.  I love You.  May I bless You with my life today.  I seldom think of my life blessing You but it is the least I can do for You.  You have given me a lightness of being that I could not have in any other religion.  You have given me an unearned grace, forgiveness that gives me every day as a new opportunity to live free from the past.  Today I am going to bless You who has given us a living hope that we can do this!