March 3, 2012

Don't you love cold, rainy mornings? Yes, except when my husband wakes me up at 7 wanting to go to Senoia and drink coffee. UGH! I was in the middle of a dream (which I never do) and then couldn't get back to it. :( But, my husband did get up and make the coffee. He's special. We opened the front door to listen to the rain and the birds while drinking our coffee - great start to a weekend.

True confessions - I went to bed sick to my stomach last night from eating too much. :( I ate all good stuff, but too much! I was off on my time of meals due to a work issue and it threw me for a loop. Then, in a starving moment, as well as "have the grand babies over" moment, I just grabbed too much.........and too much of a good thing is tooooo much.........meat, salad, no sugar added ice cream, root beer, fruit - YIKES! When my husband put his arm around me last night, I felt sick to my stomach. TOOOOOOO full!!!!

BUT, how many of you know that occasionally we need that "I'm stuffed feeling" to remind us that the boundaries of our stomach can be a good reminder. :) Even though I felt sick last night, I laid there trying not to be sick, talking to myself, and reminding myself, "wow, my stomach is smaller and praise God - I need to LISTEN to my stomach!" We have to listen don't we? Listen to our stomach, to the scales, to our clothes (reminder - when you're clothes speak, you are probably up TEN pounds), listen to the mirror, listen to each other, listen to our families. Let's open our ears and LISTEN.....yes???

Sometimes listening means we have to change and SOMETIMES change is not easy. But, listening and submission are critical to our journey. Right??? You wouldn't be in the family if you didn't want to listen - I know this. So let's agree to listen at a deeper level today. What did the scales say to you this morning? Your jeans when you put them on? Your stomach during breakfast? When the boundaries are saying, "stop," are you willing to obey? I so didn't last night and I paid. Today - if I don't listen, I will stretch my stomach, push the boundary, and see the scale start to increase. So today......my stomach got my attention and I am listening carefully. How about you???


Choose life and eat to live, PK