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Be you doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. James 1:22

Verse Reflections:  Don’t you love the word “doers”.  That is our word for today.  Nike just rephrased this verse with their slogan “Just do it”.  God says “Be a doer”.  Today we are going to be a doer.  We are going to eat God foods because He commands us to treasure our body.  Processed foods do not have the vitamins and minerals that restores our body, which allows growth and regeneration.  We have to take care of this amazing invention created by our Lord.  We have to take in phosphorus for our bones, vitamin A for our eyes and the list goes on and on.  You won’t find these in pasta and Twinkies and Doritos.  Start your day with God’s foods.  I have found when I limit my carbs and sugar to one per day I don’t have compulsive cravings.  Stop and read that again.  When I eat God foods and limit my carbohydrates and sugar infested foods to one per day I do not have compulsive cravings.  For me, that is life changing.  I still have to work on my mind because occasionally my mind will want to fill that black hole that pops up.  The second part of this verse addresses this battle with my mind when I “deceive my own self”.  I can deceive my own self with the best of them,” I only splurged once this week, I only had…. I’ll start again tomorrow…”. I will say that it is sooooo much easier to “be a doer” when my body isn’t craving the same thing my mind is craving.  I can fight a “one front war” when the enemy is only coming from one direction but I cannot fight a two front war.  God allows us the power to separate out our mind and our body. If we eat according to this plan, our body cravings will not be part of the battle.  Then the word of God just has to work on our mind cravings.  This plan of God foods + one has made a huge difference in my life.  Today we are going to “be a doer”.

Prayer:  Lord, today give me the desire to “be a doer”.  Allow me to begin my day with God foods.  I find I crave less when I make myself eat breakfast but it is hard because I really don’t want to eat first thing in the morning.  Allow me the strength to be a doer for breakfast.  Give me the desire to have a healthy snack at 10:00.  Give me the power to want a healthy lunch.  Your verse above gave me a wonderful picture of this plan.  I need to be a doer and not deceive myself.  I am an expert at deceiving myself and rationalizing everything I eat.  Give me clarity of vision to make sure I am not deceiving myself.  I know what to do Lord, help me to be a doer of your commands.  Thank You for giving me the option of having + one because I know I can’t be perfect and I have to give my mind that option in order to not chastise myself every time I have a desert or bread or something else processed.  I chase perfection.  It is an enemy in my life.  I know I am far from it and yet I want to give the appearance of perfection at the very least.  You are brilliant, you give me an out every day.

Allow me to incorporate that brilliance into my lifestyle.  I love You.  ME