Power, Love and Self-Discipline

Don't you love when you can't remember something so you write it down - but then forget where you write it.  I did but them I remembered that I wrote it on a tissue, which I threw it in my purse and then couldn't find it among  all my tissues. I eventually found it and  I wrote down  2 Timothy 1:17 to look up for this blog. But when I did looked up it made no sense at all because the scripture I should of wrote down was 2 Timothy 1:7 - duh.

7 For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. 

Self-discipline, self-control - I lack it.  I am good up until lunch and then it is a down hill slide the rest of the day.  BUT the Spirit of GOD has given me this.  I really don't lack it I just don't use it.   He has given you and me the POWER!

Power is such a strong word - I was going to put the definition here but it was quite lengthy - some of them are:  1) ability to act or produce an effect   2)  legal or official authority, capacity, or right  3) a controlling group 4) physical might  - and it goes on and on.

One definition that I found very interesting  was an Order of Angels.  "Celestial Hierarchy:    a traditional hierarchy of angels ranked from lowest to highest into the following nine orders: angels, archangels, principalities, powers, virtues, dominions, thrones, cherubim, and seraphim."  Who knew.

Back to self-discipline -  I really need to pray, pull, tug on that power, love and self-discipline God has given me instead of letting snacks & chocolate take control.

So I say, Get behind me demon food!  Oh wait - that's where it all went.

In conclusion p
ray today for whatever power you need, I will  and have a great day.

In the Beginning - did I really want to know this?

I am a big fan of Joyce Meyer.  She says whenever you want to learn something you need to study it.  She suggests taking the Bible and a good concordance and look up the word you want to study.  And not just study it for a day or so, but dig deep.  I decided to take a break from Weight Watchers, because I have been stalled at my current weight forever.  I did loose, 30 pounds, but thanks to M & M's and way too many afternoon snacks I've been stuck.

So I decided to start this series like anything I want to study in the Bible - looking up the word that I want to study. In the case of this blog series - "food". But did I really want to know the following?

Genesis 1: 29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.

SO God gave us seeds, plants, fruit. Oh oh, where's the beef?

Now we all know - fruit, veggies and grains are all good for us and they should be the major part of our diet. I learned that at Weight Watchers, their new program has zero points for veggies and fruits. Let's face it people, we did not get overweight by eating too many bananas or carrots. But now I need to do some serious rethinking.

I promised myself that I was going to do some serious study and get guidance from the Bible on eating. I know there are Bible based weightloss programs out there but I wanted to do this first hand. I wanted to dig deep and learn it first hand, then maybe, just maybe it will stick with me. So what does this mean for me.

Well, today I had whole wheat toast with pb and jelly - I guess that is okay. For lunch I have a salad and lean hot pocket....with turkey....hmmm.    But I don't know if God intended for us to be vegetarians, or did He? I need to do more study on this. But in the meantime, I am upping the grains, veggies and fruit more seriously.

In the meantime, I have a more serious question, is a pop-tart considered a grain?