“Eat only enough”

If you have found honey, eat only enough for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it. Proverbs 25:16

Verse Reflections:  Noooooo, I love honey on buttered biscuits. I love cookies… I don’t want to stop with one or “only enough”.  And yet, this verse is built for me, a recovering bulimic.  Amazing that God even writes a Bible verse for bulimics.   I will eat to the point of vomiting and feel good about it.  God reminds us here that we should only have one portion or “only enough for you”.   I do believe that is what God is ordering.  Do not eat to the point of gluttony.  Do not waste your money, your health on eating more than is healthy.  If I stop at one portion I do not feel the need to vomit as a bulimic.  It is when I cross that imaginary line that I feel a compulsion to vomit and purge myself of the expanded, extended stomach contents.  And when I have crossed that imaginary line I keep eating to make it worth my while to purge.  How sick is that?  So, Christ is reminding us to watch our portions.  Even God foods like honey we must stop when we have had the right portion.  Amazing that this verse is in the Bible just for us.  Ugh!  I love it and I hate it.  I can love my neighbors, I can easily not covet… but I have trouble with this simple little “eat only enough for you” verse.  It sounds so easy.  So, here we go.  Today we are going to eat one portion.  We are going to keep walking down the road of health and fine tune the details.  We can do this.

 

Prayer:  Father, thank You for this reminder that I must watch my portions of even God foods.  It is so tempting to order a 12 oz steak when a 6 oz steak will do.  I am used to eating huge portions and getting away with it.  I am not fat, I am not huge but I eat like I am.  Thank You for fine tuning my healthy eating habits even further.  I need this reminder to stay away from unhealthy portions of even healthy foods.  Give me the power to stop at one even when the restaurant gives me three portions on my plate.  Give me the power to prepare the right portions.  Honestly, I’m not there yet so You are going to have to work with me to discipline myself on portions.  I really don’t like this verse because it requires me to change my mind, my rebellion against portion control.  I need You to work with me and I so appreciate the fact that You have even addressed food quantities in Your word.  I need this and appreciate You looking down and knowing we needed these verses even before we were born.  Love You.  Here’s to God + 1 portion.