“Spirit of power”

2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Verse Reflections:  We have power!  We have been given the power of God to do this.  We can say no to the temptations. So many times we wait on the power to strike like lightning or we wait on a magic pill to swallow inside that changes our very make-up.  Those options are not going to happen.  For me, it is just a small light in the darkness, just enough for me to see the way.  When I eat and the voice from the dark shouts you need to eat or drink _______I look and see a flicker of light, just enough power to say no.  He has not given us the spirit of fear.  We do not have to be afraid of failure, of not being perfect.  We have a sound mind.  I know we doubt this sometimes because we have failed at keeping the weight we want but we have the power to do this.  We have the power of love.  We have to love ourselves, now, today.  We have to love our imperfections.  We have to know that all the “bad things” that have happened to us do not define us.  We are more.  We have the spirit of power, we have the spirit of love and we have a sound mind.  God gave us these things and no one, nothing can take these away from us.  We have the power of loving ourselves enough to say no to a 30 minute indulgence in favor of a healthy body and mind.  It is not easy but we can do this because He gave us the power. Today we are going to love ourselves enough to conquer the addiction to unhealthy foods.

Prayer:  Thank You God for this spirit of Power!  So often I have felt powerless in the midst of my bad eating habits.  Learning that I am addicted to sugar has actually freed me from this powerlessness.  I realize that I will not crave bad foods if I do not indulge in them.  A crazy circle that has literally made me feel crazy, powerless. Thank You Father that I am not crazy, I am of sound mind.  Thank You for letting me know that I do not need to be afraid to try again.  This easy, beautiful way of eating has freed me and given me an internal and external power I haven’t had in a long time.  Keep feeding me this spirit of power, this love and this knowledge that I am of sound mind.  I do not have to be neurotic, strive for perfection, count calories, divide my foods into “good” and “bad”, want to take diet pills, purge or starve myself.  I can just eat healthy God foods with one of whatever I want to eat or drink.  Thank You Father for this plan.  You are amazing.