Love perseveres

Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. I Corinthians 13:6-7

Verse Reflections:  We tend to shy away from the word “evil” but it does exist.  My relationship with food has bordered on being evil for me.  Sounds extreme doesn’t it?  Well, in my life it has been.  This would shock anyone who knows me because I have always been within 30 pounds of perfect.  There are those of you out there reading these devotions that struggle with being hundreds of pounds overweight.  I am no different.  satan (sorry I am not capitalizing that word) knows where to strike me.  He knows I will indulge in foods until my stomach can hold no more and trust me I can hold a lot.  He knows to use my emotions to convince me that I deserve to splurge.  He knows to use my vanity to make me depressed when I see my body enlarge or try on clothes that don’t fit.  He knows how to convince me to peemuff and destroy my body and metabolism.  Love would not do that.  Evil does that.  Christ wants us to have the best.  God protects us by giving us perfect foods that taste wonderful.  God trusts us to take care of these beautiful bodies He gave us.  God gives us hope that we can change.  He protects us from the power of satan if we will come to Him.  And finally we will persevere in love!  We will make this life change.  If you failed yesterday, no problem.  God trusts you to persevere!  I have found that I have had two phases in this journey… I had to get through my physical food addictions and cravings and that took about 90 days for me.  I am now struggling with my mental food addictions.  I am changing my mantras from “I deserve this” and “I’ll start again tomorrow” to “I deserve to be skinny and healthy” and “Today is the only day that will change my life”.

Prayer:  Lord, thank You for reminding me that You are not part of the journey of my bad relationships to food.  You protect me.  You trust me.  You have hope and give me hope.  You allow me to persevere.  Today that word persevere really stands out to me because this is not an easy change.  The journey is getting easier but it is still hard.  I thank You for giving me the truth of this life journey.  If we just eat Your foods then this relationship to food can be a great one.  It can be fun with no guilt.  It can be one that protects our body.  Lord, I cannot persevere without You.  I will fail, I have failed for years.  I am slowly getting healthier.  I tried jumping on a new “plan” with my sister recently that was a healthy option and I just couldn’t stick with it.  What was I thinking?  I can’t do these temporary, quick weight loss plans.  This is working slowly and surely and more importantly will work for life.  Thank You Father for giving me patience, for protecting me.  I will trust and hope in and with You and together we WILL persevere.  I love You and hope You have an amazing day today.  May I be one of Your blessings and may we together have a blessed day.