October 23, 2012 - Cotton Candy

Don't you love going to all the county fairs that are being held now? I love the people, the pomp, the circumstance, the color, all the fun things that remind me of my childhood. But one of the things that was always such a disappointment to me was the cotton candy. Can I hear a yes from somebody else? I loved the color, the "melt in your mouth" texture, the taste, but there was NO SUBSTANCE! It was sticky, but NO substance. Within seconds this huge PILE of prettiness was gone. Let's make a connection......... On our journey to health, sometimes we choose the fluffiness of "in January I'm gonna get serious about my weight." COTTON CANDY "Well, I know I should make some changes to my diet, but there are just certain things I cannot live without." COTTON CANDY The Bible, in Proverbs 18:21 states, "21The tongue can bring death or life;those who love to talk will reap the consequences." Given the choice of cotton candy or an apple, I wonder what most would choose? The apple doesn't appear to be the favorite choice, but it is the best choice as it contains the fiber. The fiber sticks with us and helps to draw excessive fluid from the body. I spent most of my life TALKING about being healthy and TALKING about learning to eat veggies without frying them and TALKING about "in January of this year I'm gonna really get this." COTTON CANDY My talk was never really intended to stick - it was just a comforting word to me in my obesity. Somehow it gave me false hope. However, two years ago, in a desperate state, I finally starting talking about my health and confessing my health and allowing negative thoughts and words to be murdered. I quit making excuses and giving myself false hope. I QUIT eating the COTTON CANDY and grabbed the apple with an intense passion to never grab the COTTON CANDY again. It may look good for a moment, but it wanes to nothing. In our journey, there are a lot of choices DAILY. Let's remember to be real with OURSELVES first. Speaking life to our bodies can just be a ritual or false hope (Cotton Candy) if your heart and the Holy Spirit isn't helping you to walk in reality. We may all have a bad day. I had one Sunday - exhaustion took over and all I thought about was food. BUT.........NO COTTON CANDY. I did over eat, but it was foods on plan. I ate all day, in fact, and then realized how strong our emotions are and that I am still vulnerable - but praise God I never crossed the line. Portions went out the window, but health was still in my heart. I also had gone 2 days WAY under my water intake. It was like my mind went CRAZY. But Monday, 13 cups of water, and back on plan. AND.......I never said, "Well, in January I'll really start working on getting healthy." I let my tongue bring LIFE to me as I did't default to a negative confession. I knew Sunday I was on the roller coaster, but I never ate the COTTON CANDY! Yea! Moral - sometimes we're gonna hit a pocket - don't revert to giving yourself false moments of hope. EAT - eat healthy (even if WAY too much) and deal with your emotions. :) Let the words from our mouths that originate in our hearts say LIFE! Being real with my family this morning........maybe it encourages you. :) REAL TALK again tomorrow. PK PS - if you want to share this you can have folks go to my blog site - kathyshcgfamily.blogspot.com