ON EAGLES WINGS
Wrote this a while back after going through a program called Weighdown Workshop. The program was a bible study with group support. Basically it taught eat when hungry, stop when satisfied but eat what you want. It wouldnt have worked for me without the bible study to keep my head in the right place.Some of the study related to Moses, the wandering in the desert, etc.
Can’t have this. Don’t touch that. What we eat all turns to fat!Exercise until it hurts. Make it burn or it won’t work!
God brought me from that bondage; far from the diet days. The weighing and the measuring had truly made me crazed!
When my focus is self-centered, things get way out of hand. The paths my choices lead me on are circles in the sand.
He has given me the freedom to make choices for myself. Not a puppet tied to strings placed upon a dusty shelf.
To head the right direction I must always look above. Seeking His will - His guidance comes with love.
The journey won’t be easy and rocky times I’ll see; But I desire to do His will - obedient I must be.
In a beautiful moment God gives me strength, and my heart begins to sing.
I’m rising above my sinful desires and flying on eagles wings!
Isaiah 41:29 & 31
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WOW!!!!! That is gooooooood! Love it…esp this part: To head the right direction I must always look above. Seeking His will - His guidance comes with love.
I was thinking about Gwen today as I was scrubbing the toilet (I usually listen to her tapes when I am in the shower…so I guess that’s why I was thinking of her)
I was wondering what she would say about all this measuring and weighing and calorie counting and exercising I have to do now with the Research proj I am a part of…? But, I decided…for me, it is bringing me rest and teaching me self-control, accountability…and I am still only eating when I am hungry…plus having what I want (within boundaries).
Thanks again for sharing!!!
that was very nice. i’m listening to joyce meyer’s eat and stay thin cds and they basically say the same thing - no laws.
this is a totally different approach than what i’ve done for 30yrs. i’ve done every diet, food plan, seen nutritionists, etc. They’ve all had their place in my life and i’ve probably picked up at least one pearl of wisdom from each, but about a month ago, my legalistic approach stopped working. i might add here that a month before that i said a simple prayer, “Jesus change me.” That’s it. i really didn’t know what i meant by it, except that i wanted to be who God designed me to be so he could work through me for my kids and others. about 3 wks. after that i started having trouble with my legalistic routine that had been working for me. i’ve added a lot more variety, salt, more calories, yogurt more than once a week(because I normally binge on the day i have it), etc.
What beautiful words
With God we will all soar. May you spread your wings and fly
God Bless
With my problem being moderation, what I need most is “Basically it taught eat when hungry, stop when satisfied but eat what you want”. I can eat, I can not eat, but I find it so hard to eat to hunger cues and stop to satisfied cues. I wish so much that a healthy eating plan was like a healthy drinking (alcohol) plan — DON’T, but it’s not, you HAVE TO eat. I’ve tried for years to get around it, but still, I need to eat for physical hunger reasons ONLY, and quit eating when no longer hungry. (Instead of when I can literally hold no more).
