Daily devotions and inspirational messages
for Healthy Eating & Losing Weight

Feb

25

“Clothes of Kindness”

Cloth yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Colossians 3:1-2

Verse Reflections:  This morning as I choose my clothes I am going to visualize putting mercy over my head and wearing it close to my heart.  Then zipping up kindness.  I am then going to slip on my humility on top so that it shows.  I am going to wrap myself in gentleness with a soft flavor so that I can snuggle inside.  Last I am going to slide patience on from the bottom so that I stand firmly in its foundation.  I am going to be beautiful all day.  How can I wear tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience and not be gorgeous?  Those around me will see God’s light shining and will not even notice anything else.  I will not notice anything else.  In these beautiful qualities I will choose to feed my body with healthy, God foods to honor Him and the qualities He has chosen to bestow.  I will not clothe myself with anxiety, judgement or worry.  Therefore, I will not be tempted to binge in an effort to cloak or numb these qualities.  I will choose to give myself and others mercy.  I will choose to treat others with kindness, gentleness and patients.  As I humbly life others above myself, it is with humility I admit that I cannot eat healthy foods without God giving me the strength.

Prayer:  Father, thank You for giving us these qualities to wear.  This very verse reminds us that they don’t have to come from the inside.  We can choose them.  We can put them on every morning.  Today I choose to wear mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.  What a beautiful way to start and live my day.  Thank You for giving me powers beyond myself, thank You for giving us these elements to clothe ourselves in.  These quality make us more beautiful, better than we are.   Thank You for their power.  Lead me in eating right to honor You and these qualities I am clothed in.

Daily Challenge

  1. Non-God foods? Anything else! One Bible verse per day
  2. One journal/devotional time per day
  3. One (or zero)serving of non-God food a day
  4. One exercise per day
  5. One fruit and vegetable (non-carb) with every meal and one snack (7-8 a day)
  6. One 4 oz protein with every meal plus one
  7. Only one carb a day (easy definition—white stuff)
  8. One weigh in per month –

God foods?  Fruits, vegetables, and meats with no additives

Non-God foods?  Anything else!