I have had a sugar setback this past week. I had a soda that set it off last Friday and I have been floundering with cravings and headaches all week long. Sugar just makes me sick and I had no idea how sick until this week. It seems the white granulated stuff is the worst!!! Honey doesn’t seem to do the same thing but I cannot eat nearly as much of the stuff so I don’t struggle with that aspect. The sodas cannot be a part of my life if I want to feel good.
I have got to get back on track. Could you guys pray that the cravings subside long enough for me to get control of it again? I CANNOT have any more sodas or any other sugary drinks and I need to really implement the book I am slowly working through called Licking the Sugar Habit and make it stick.
I have also been pouring over scripture this week on eating and food and gluttony and even honey. I made a giant list (3 pages long) of scripture that the Lord showed me and I am going to be reading it over and over again and committing much of it to memory.
I am also reading Ordering Your Private World by Gordon MacDonald (I am a very slow and methodical reader because I like to soak it all up and think on it in between readings). This is shedding some light on things, too. I am picking up with a personal journal again (something I have done for years but just recently let go because of time constraints). I need that time to focus and get stuff out onto paper.
The spiritual aspect really does matter ladies and I am being shown that more and more…
(((Leann))) I’ll be praying. Thankfully I don’t crave sugar soda, but craving anything food/drink related I can so understand and relate to. I know where you are at about needing to get back to a paper journal some, too, as I’ve been feeling (and ignoring) that tug for too long now!
Comment by stephanie — October 6, 2006 @ 8:57 am
(((Leann))) God took me through skads of scripture last year on this very topic when I did that series on my blog about food. It was so wonderful. I’ve also read ordering your private world….excellent!
I truly believe the spiritual aspect of this journey is THE most important part - it’s something the Lord has been revealing to me and I am in complete awe over it. Living in freedom and not bondage…that’s what I want. I will most definitely pray for you girl. You know where my inbox is if you want to talk
I think we struggle with similar things.
Comment by Blair — October 6, 2006 @ 10:36 am
Thanks ladies!!! Blair, can you post links to that series for me and maybe anybody else that would like to read? I remember reading some but would love to reread those posts.
Comment by Leann — October 6, 2006 @ 10:48 am
Sure Leann
Comment by Blair — October 6, 2006 @ 12:16 pm
Ok, let me try this again lol…
In Relation To:
Food
Comment by Blair — October 6, 2006 @ 12:19 pm
Blair, thank you so very much!!! (((HUG)))
Comment by Leann — October 6, 2006 @ 1:00 pm
That’s about where I am, too.
;-(
Comment by Ellen — October 6, 2006 @ 3:11 pm