Raise your hand if you seem to have TONS of extra time on your hands without drinking coffee or eating chocolate! (hand raised) Where have I been spending my time?? My sense of smell has seemed to be in overdrive as well. I am serious. I can smell cilantro from a Mexican food place from across the street, I can smell flowers as I walk by them in the grocery store. I think it has to do with my separation from sugar. I was just reading an article today about sugar intake and how it takes 6 days to detox from sugar and how when you start eating it again your body will not like it as much. The same article said that we unknowingly use sugar as a "reward"...boy do they have that right.
I didn't realize that I was bargaining with God all this time. I have a sense of entitlement with being a stay at home mom that I deserve a reward for the struggles I endure everyday. I hate to say that out loud, but it's true. I feel like my sugary treats are my payment for a job well done or for a failure I encountered.
God does not want me to see my life that way. I want to turn my eyes to Him who is able to do all things and find my reward in Him.
Five days into this and I feel little more normal. I am slowing detoxing. Less of me, more of Him!
Also...like Katie, I have been going to bed sooner and taking better care of myself in general. I loved the comment of "forced health" too from the most recent post. That describes this perfectly! I definitely see a softening of my spirit...a forced health of spirit....and it is good!
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