September 13, 2012 - Are Your Doors and Windows Open?

Good morning to all, I would like to ask that you pray for my husband who has a chronic case of the flu following his injection with the flu AND pneumonia shot. UGH! He has been sick since Monday evening and is still running a fever. At 4 this morning, it did break as he and the bed were soaking wet, but this fever has broken several times only to go right back up. Thanks for standing for his healing with me. Just to get on your calendar, our Healthy Eating Life Group meets again on Sunday, October 7th with a focus of planning toward Thanksgiving. We meet from 6:00 (not 6:30) - 7:30 or 8:00. We talk and share so much the time gets away, so let's plan to meet at 6. :) I love this group. I usually turn right around and make some of the recipes I gathered and they are yummy. I did order a couple more bags of almond flour for the holidays. Remember, it takes a minute for things to arrive when ordering close to holidays. This morning I want to share from the book of Proverbs. This is from the Message Translation: Proverbs 25:28 - A person without self-control is like a house with its doors and windows knocked out. Sometimes self-control is easy, and other times not. Sometimes we can have perfect days and others "not so perfect." I do also realize that we must always go back to the basics of healthy eating and remind ourselves that even if we CAN have a particular food, it cannot be without limits. For example, when I first baked a chocolate pound cake (no starch, no sugar) and it tasted so amazing, I ate 4 pieces at one time. I paid the penalty for that on the scales. UGH! No self-control. That's not so bad - but if we can't see that as a breach, then tomorrow it's 4 pieces again and the next day whatever. NO - we have to stop, realize we can have the cake again (when the scales come into submission) :) and decide ahead of time that ONE piece is good enough. Too much of a GOOD THING can still be too much. But, we must also make the commitment to fight for water and lots of color on our plates, rest and a peaceful hour in the swing. BASICS work! So today if you're wrestling with the "formula" for regaining self-control and replacing the doors and windows in your house.......go back to the basics! Ask the Holy Spirit to give you strength and courage to close the doors and windows of your house and secure your emotions which are often "flipped out" by a simple breach. But you know what - Satan always wants something simple to seem catastrophic. Let's secure the house, our hearts, and our health. God wants us to live in a secure place in him and often our lack of self-control in the area of eating causes a lack of self-control in our responses, reactions etc.....and our households pay the piper. Drink your water - it's at the top of the list for our health. :) And close those windows! PK