Verse Reflections: God has seen our ways and despite our ways He is promising to heal us. I keep wanting the healing to be magical. I want to wake up tomorrow with no cravings, no temptations and quick weight loss. However, we are here on earth to learn, to draw close to God. This verse promises us that God will guide us. That indicates that He will show us the way, provide the strength but we will have to do the work. We will have to walk the walk as He guides our path. We may even have to carefully choose the rocks to walk on as He points them out and we avoid the drowning waters. We will, similarly, have to choose the foods to eat to keep us from drowning in an endless sea of temptations. He goes on to say that he will restore comfort to us. Those words mean a lot to me because there have been days where I feel hopeless, I feel despair because I have been fighting myself and my eating habits for too long now. I need to have God’s healing, His guidance and His comfort. All three of these promises restore my commitment to eating the foods He has created for me to eat. Too many times I want to take the short cuts, grab a snack with “only” xx sugar or xx carbs… but the nutritional values are nonexistent. God created foods that feed our body AND stop our cravings, AND make us feel full. We have to get back to eating His foods and limiting the processed foods to one or none per day. This is His guidance.
Prayer: Father, I really needed this verse today. I need to hear that You will heal me. I needed to know that You will guide me. I needed to be reminded that You will restore comfort. Hearing that You will restore my comfort allows me to realize that You know how far I have crawled down the emotional scale. I watch others that seem to easily wear a size 4 or 6. And yet, I know they may not fight the same demons that I fight or they have learned how to listen to Your guidance. I am going to claim Your healing today. That means I no longer get to pick up a gallon of unhealthy foods, or foods that contain ¼ cup of sugar or more. I am healed. I have to quit bad choices cold turkey. Habits are hard to break. I often reach for the fun foods just out of habit, even out of spite because I don’t want to admit that I have to quit them. For so many years I could eat what I wanted and I was thin. I have to listen to Your guidance and choose the foods You created for me. Restore my confidence in being healed. Bring comfort to me that restores my spirit that can sink down. I am so conscious of others that judge me, of others that seem to make a point of saying no, of others that tuck their shirts in confidently. Often, I reach for what I want to reach for just because they are so annoying and judgmental. Heal me from my own weird judgmentalism. Heal me from my own spite that causes me to make bad decisions. Heal me finally from my mental anxiety about every decision concerning food. Guide me and convince me to just make Your foods my choice every time, every day, every meal and every snack. I love You and I thank You for this verse that has already restored my comfort.
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