February 7, 2013 - Prayer At The Grocery Store

Good morning to all of you, This Sunday is our life group - and it's soups and desserts. Hope you can come, share something and your recipes, and join in our time of prayer. I LOVE our life group. Also, you are more than able to bring a friend. We are always looking for others who are fighting for their healthy and exploring healthy cooking options. :) As you know, I am preparing for my trip to Thailand on the 27th of this month. Your prayers would be appreciated! Pray for the children we will touch and that God will penetrate their hearts and flood their souls with HOPE and Love. This morning I am thinking about our Dave Ramsey class last night. We had the task of creating a zero budget as our homework last week and then tonight's class was followed with a "plastic-surgery" party to shred some of our credit cards. I really am enjoying the class and learning the new principles is helping me develop and stretch in some areas. It's hard, don't get me wrong. But the challenge is really good. There are those things that we must budget first and can I say I am GLAD food gets in that top four. Yes, I am! And, as many of us are focused on the planning of our budgets, discussions of healthy foods and their expense are numerous. Food cost is rising - well, as I am looking at the numbers, most everything is rising in cost. My husband suggested a couple of cheaper items last night, but I don't eat those foods nor do I want to return to boxed foods because they are simply cheaper. They may be cheaper to ingest now, but they will be MORE costly in the future if they encourage obesity-related diseases. So, as I prayed last night I began to thank God for wisdom in this area. The class is challenging, the budget is challenging, and now food selection is getting challenging. That sounds like a recipe for PRAYER. Asking for God's help along our journey to health and success shouldn't be the LAST thing we do, but the first. Dave Ramsey is having us create a budget at the end of each month BEFORE the month begins. Then, we have our structure for the month from which to work. I smiled last night as I see how he puts planning at the front of the journey as we do. Failing to plan for the week can often cause the drive thru window to scream loudly. And the food they are offering, is often filled with words we cannot pronounce. The same goes into financial planning. There are voices screaming for our money, but I GET TO DECIDE TO WHOM I RESPOND. It IS God's desire for our bodies to be healthy. And God knows we need proper fuel to be successful. God also KNOWS that we need great wisdom to out smart the grocery stores who are trying to hold us hostage. :( Let's pray as we make the grocery list, as we enter the store, and as we search the isles for God's wisdom. That is more critical than we know. Let's not discount the power of prayer when the numbers in our bank and the numbers at the register are in competition. NO STRESS - prayer works!