• February 18, 2009 - A Bad Day - And It Was My Fault

Do you ever just have a BAD day? Sometimes those days are filled with challenges that were unforseen and it seems you were pressed in on every side. Yet, you can say, "I wasn't crushed."

But do you ever have a BAD day that you know was your fault? Oh, I have those all the time. Yesterday was one such day. My sins? (Let's just call them what they are.) Giving myself over to deceptive food, and not watching out for the needs of my family.

On Monday, I bought my middle daughter corn flakes. She is on a gluten free diet. That was the only cereal that came close to gluten free at the store I was at. I thought, that will be a treat! Why do I think like that?? You know corn flakes has tons of sugar in it in various forms. So the next day she had that for breakfast. She was bouncing off the walls.

Later in that day, I had a Peppermint Mocha (which I've been making a habit lately) and then when I was at the grocery store I bought some lindt chocolates and proceeded to down them. We all make a joke out of chocolate being our downfall. But, what about when that's true?

Additionally, I didn't pay much attention to the needs of my toddler. I didn't spend time with her in the front pack, I didn't cuddle her. So, she was needy and whiny. And, I, being overstimulated by my five year old and my own sugar high and low, I just wanted my space.

I really want to cut sugar from my diet. I know that sound harsh to a lot of people. Kind of like cutting out television. That sounds pretty extreme to a lot of people.

But, Jesus said if your right arm causes you to sin, cut it off. I think some people are more given to food addictions than others. I think I'm one of those people, especially when it comes to sugar - even sometimes in natural form (although that is better). And, let's face it, all the foods we have readily available to us were the foods of (disease ridden) rulers and kings and nobility of yesteryear. Have you ever heard of the diseases they have found in the Egyptian rulers that basically didn't exist elsewhere until recently in history?

Here are some scriptures about food and bad habits to challenge me and perhaps you (if food is an issue to you).

Proverbs 23:1-3

When you sit to dine with a ruler, note well what is before you, and put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony. Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

Daniel 1:3-14

Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, chief of his court officials, to bring in some of the Israelites from the royal family and the nobility- young men without any physical defect, handsome, showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king's palace. He was to teach them the language and literature of the Babylonians. The king assigned them a daily amount of food and wine from the king's table. They were to be trained for three years, and after that they were to enter the king's service.

Among these were some from Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. The chief official gave them new names: to Daniel, the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.

But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way. Now God had caused the official to show favor and sympathy to Daniel, but the official told Daniel, "I am afraid of my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. Why should he see you looking worse than the other young men your age? The king would then have my head because of you."

Daniel then said to the guard whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, "Please test your servants for ten days: Give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink. Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who eat the royal food, and treat your servants in accordance with what you see."  So he agreed to this and tested them for ten days.

Matthew 5:30

And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.

I Corinthians 6:19-20

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.

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