“You won’t miss out”

Steep your life in God-reality, God initiative, God provisions. Don’t worry about missing out. You’ll find all your everyday human concerns will be met. Matthew 6:33 MSG

Verse Reflections:  Hmmm… I always worry about missing out.  It was difficult for me to go to sleep growing up because I didn’t want to miss anything.  I still sleep a maximum average of seven hours because I want to pack my life with living.  I know God will meet my needs, He will meet my concerns.  If I live this knowledge this takes care of the overeating due to stress or worry.  However, that is at times easier to know than to acknowledge in the moment.  Once again, I love the part of this verse that reminds us to focus on God’s reality.  I don’t think God is pointing a finger at us when we gain thirty pounds or so.  Our reality is much more hyper-critical than God’s reality.  He wants us to be healthy but not vain.  We need to quite pushing our stomachs out in the mirror, looking at double chins and grimacing or a plethora of other crazy self-criticisms.  We can relax when we begin the journey of healthy eating and know that God’s initiative will happen even when our initiative is lacking.  It took me a long period of time to give myself permission to eat beef, nuts and other foods that would stave off my hunger because the world tells me that they have more calories than other foods.  Once, I trusted God’s provisions I began to have less cravings.  I didn’t have the cravings that I had prior to eating God foods.  He has given us all the foods we need.  Stay off those interior grocery store isles and you will find God’s initiative overlaps with your healthy eating choices.

Prayer:  Lord this verse encompasses so much.  I’ll begin with the last part.  Help me to trust that all my human concerns will be met.  I know this in my heart, You have proven it time and time again and yet I still get anxious.  For some reason You have created my body to produce cortisol when this happens which causes me to crave carbohydrates and sugar so this verse is important to eating healthy.  I have to trust You.  I have to keep reminding myself that all my everyday human concerns will be met so that we have a partnership that creates healthy eating choices.  When I live in Your reality, when my priorities are Your priorities then I don’t have to worry about money, people’s reaction to me, other people going through hard times because I know You are in control.  I need to remember that many details here on earth have an entirely different interpretation in heaven.  Death and sickness ceases to exist.  Money doesn’t even register on your radar of needs.  And I should be looking at Your reaction to me, not people here on earth.  Once I have embraced this way of living stress free You can take the initiative to help me eat healthy.  I will be ready to rock and roll with Your help.  Help me to steep myself in Your reality, trust in Your initiative when mine fails.  And last but not least, help me to trust in Your provisions.  You will give me everything I need to face life and You have given me everything I need to eat.  You pretty much told me everything I need to capture in this one verse.  I love You.

Did you know:  40% to 60% of calories should come from unprocessed carbs (800 calories or 200 grams).  Harvard