Eating is hindering my blessings in life. It sounds silly, but it’s true. I’m not talking about the basic, help the body run eating. This is the eating for eating’s sake kind of eating.
The bible refers to it as gluttony, and it’s a sin.
So if eating too much is a sin and sin blocks my blessings, then my eating is hindering the blessings that God desires for my life. The real painful part is that my eating is also hindering the blessings of my family. You would think that thought alone would be enough to keep my mouth shut.
Sin has a strong pull though. Some days I can breeze right through just eating when my stomach growls and never overdoing it. Then there are times when I think I am unable to stop snacking all day.
Believe it or not, my solution to this quandary is prayer. When I start my day talking to God then the temptations are not only smaller, but there always seems to be an escape route. Those other days, every thing seems hectic and overwhelming and food seems to be the only neutralizer.
So I’m going to pray my way past gluttony and to a fitter, trimmer life. Breaking the sin will not be easy. I know it does NOT want to go. But it is time, and I am determined to be free.
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So if you just pray, the weight will come off?
The praying changes the heart, mind and behavior which allows the body to release the weight. Praying starts the process of change.