Eating Disorders NIV: Proverb 25:16 If you find honey, eat just enough -- too much of it, and you will vomit.
MATTHEW HENRY'S COMMENTS: God has given us leave to use grateful things, but we are cautioned against excess. Eat as much as is sufficient, and no more. We must use all pleasures as we do honey, with a check upon our appetite. The pleasures of sense lose their sweetness by the excessive use of them and become nauseous, as honey, which turns sour in the stomach.
MY OBSERVATIONS: Have you ever walked (or crawled) away from am all-you-caneat buffet with an almost painful, sickening feeling? Or have you ever eaten a sinfully sweet dessert after a full meal and could almost feel a heavy cloud descend upon your mind and stomach? I believe we all have done this. We have all eaten to excess on occasion, and have thought or said, "Why in the world did I do that?" Our body is divinely tuned to react negatively to anything that is done in excess. Ever drink too much alcohol? Try too much exercise if you are just starting out, or lift too heavy of a weight and your body will soon after protest. The same thing happens as we over-indulge in food. We know better, but yet...just one more bite. God does not spare vocabulary in this scripture to tell us what the wages of excessive food results in. Today's society has even coined a word for excessive eating and omitting--bulimia--the method of purging an outof- control lust and appetite. Let the warning of this scripture be sufficient for us.
Father God, we thank You for the natural limitations that You have placed internally within us. We thank You for making us aware of the effects over gratifying the flesh. We ask that You help us to become more aware of our limitations in all things, for the sake of Your Son, our Savior. Amen
NIV: Proverb 25:28 Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who lacks selfcontrol.
My Observations: How useless is a city whose walls are broken down and left unguarded. Our bodies have broken down, you might say our walls have collapsed with the weight we are bearing. We lacked self-control foremost, and that is why we are in the predicament that we are in. But what do you do with a broken wall? First you clean up the debris, then you start to rebuild., and eventually your wall is fortified and stable again. Cleaning up the debris is re-educating ourselves on nutrition. Rebuilding is making the body structure stable again through God's Word, this newly found education, our dieting efforts and exercise. A fortified body reaches goal and then does maintenance to see that the wall does not collapse under the weight of it all again. And remember, Rome wasn't built in one day.
Father God, thank You for the opportunity to repent and start anew. Thank You for the ability to bounce back from our sin and thank You for the fruit of self-control. In Christ Jesus' name. Amen
Today's Diet Tip: 25.- Remember this: Success is when you can look beyond food.
Today's Positive Thought: Hold to the hope, the belief, the conviction, that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.
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Obesity is the fine we pay for exceeding the feed limit.
