“Words in my heart”

Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against You. Psalms 119:11 ASV

Verse Reflections:  The only difference between what I am doing now verses what I have done for my other 30 years of watching my weight is placing the word of God in my heart each morning before I go to work and start my day.  And miracle of miracles it is working!  This verse in Psalms has more power than we can imagine.  Laying God’s word “up in our heart” gives us the power, the strength to not sin against God.  And make no mistake, abusing our bodies by not eating well is sin.  He has blessed us with these amazing, gorgeous vessels that cannot be replicated.  We have been given foods that can make the bodies stronger or make these bodies weaker.  Why is it that we choose so often to put foods that make our bodies weaker?  Sugar revs up our metabolism, crashes us down, and then makes us crave more!  And so we go back again and again.  I gave blood yesterday and had to choose from five packages of cookies.  I ate a package and I have to admit I craved sugar ALL day long.  It was a true struggle at dinner time to choose healthy.  And yet, I find on the days I do not have sugar I do not have physical cravings.  I have mental ones because I have trained myself to “go to” certain foods for comfort but I find I can get over the mental cravings easier than the physical ones with God’s word.

Prayer:  Father, I thank You for the power I find in Your word.  I don’t understand it, can’t really comprehend it but it is there.  Perhaps it is like a small conversation a young girl has with her Daddy before she goes to school in the morning and He tells her she is beautiful.  With those few words she can withstand all of the girl drama, the lack of positive feedback she receives at school.  You give us confidence that we can do this.  You give us strength to withstand temptation because we know You are on our side.  You give us Your words of love so that if we run into something negative in this world we do not go running to food… we go running to You.  Ahhhh THIS is the miracle of the God Plus One.  We go running to You instead of food.  Thank You Father for this.  Thank You for Your words that I have laid up in my heart that I might eat well today!  I love You.