Get your spirit right

Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:10

Verse Reflections:  How refreshing to think that we can start each day asking God to renew us.  When we have had a bad week, all we have to do is go to God to wash it away.  I love this!  I am good at hiding the anger, the frustration, the anxiety.  The good news is I get to go to God and have Him renew a right spirit within me.  And it works.  At night I hand it over to God as I go to sleep, I can feel it begin to unleash.  When I wake up I have the privilege of handing it over again. I’m a little slow, it takes two times for me (or more) to hand it over completely.  By the time I go to work it is amazing how energized I am.  I feel light and relieved that I have a God that is bigger than me to give over the details of my life to.  I am able to have a spirit of lightness that makes me smile and have a spirit of joy.  It is amazing to me how much this makes a difference in my ability to choose the right foods, to dedicate my eating to God.  When my spirit is light, it seems I do not need to eat the heavier foods, I do not need to mask my emotions or feed my emotions foods that have an artificial and temporary high.  My high is more permanent and comes from within, from my Lord and Savior.

Prayer:  Father, I come to You in thanks for giving me this clean heart this right spirit.  I so feel the difference when Your spirit takes my day from me, my emotions, my anxieties.  My body literally feels lighter.  So, today, take life from me in a good way.  Eliminate the negative energy that weighs me down.  Eliminate my negativity, my negative perceptions.  Help me to look at the world through Your eyes.  Create the right spirit within me Lord.  I know I can have fun eating God foods when my spirit is light instead of feeding my anxieties with sugar or carbohydrates.  I love that just giving over my day to You makes such a difference.  I love You .  Let’s do this.