God Is Doing a New Thing

In Isaiah 43:18-19 God says: Forget the former things;do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland. ~ God is doing a new thing in my life. This blog chronicles my journey to become more like Jesus in all respects. This blog began in November of 2006 and continues. Food, eating, and body issues have remained my greatest nemesis. Nevertheless, God is transforming my life.

Chapter 11 - My Body, God's Temple

Posted by trainedbyhorses

I needed this chapter this morning. I have reverted back to the mentality that I can do what I want. While I haven't been living with total abandon to SELF and my fleshly lusts and desires, I have definitely shifted...oh-so-subtly...away from this sense that my body is NOT my own! My body belongs to the Lord God. He has purchased it. He has claimed me for his use and his purposes.

How then am I to live?

I want to offer him the most healthy "residence" possible. That means no dependencies on caffeine or other things that I don't need medically. It means being aware of what I put in my body as affecting how I feel and how I operate as a result. For me, I also know that I want to quit fussing about it and start doing it...something to get and keep my body physically fit. I don't want to return to obsessions of my past, but this aversion I have to a routine form of activity is every bit out of God's will as my former obsession. I am fearful that I will be obsessive. God doesn't want me to live in fear. His perfect love casts out fear.

So, for me...for the remainder of this journey, I want to become more aware of this FACT that I have strayed from...that my body is not my own. It belongs to God.

Below is a video clip of a friend of mine sharing her thoughts on this. It is part of the Thin Within video series and I have permission to share it. This clip is just over 2 minutes long and I think her thoughts can shed some light on a new perspective. I hope you enjoy it.



Please continue to keep your list of God's attributes and how he responds to you, His child. Take time daily to praise him for his character! I know that if I would be more diligent about this myself, there would be joy and my own "wants" would fade in significance. I need to walk my talk!

2 comments:

VERY thought provoking video. What a great analogy I hope I can remember when I reach for food inappropriately. It's like desecrating the church walls, this holy place of my body. Wow.

I have been plagued with overeating for years.
Yo-yo diets is my middle name.
Thinking of my body as a temple may help.

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BEFORE

BEFORE
June 2006

Progress...

Progress...

Progress...

Progress...

After

After
December 2007

Gone TOO far...

Gone TOO far...
September 2008

Now

Now
A healthier weight than the "After," but I am unsure that this is where God wants me. I may have gained too much due to giving in too much to what *I* want!

About this blog

Some of you may be coming to this blog for the first time or may not have a clue what Thin Within is. You may have done a Google search for Christian dieting or diets or bible based weight loss. The great news is, Thin Within is even better than a diet or weight loss program! Totally based on biblical principles, the message is refreshing and freeing!

Thin Within is a book by Judy and Arthur Halliday and it is also a website available at http://www.thinwithin.org/. It is an approach to life--not just eating. It is surrendering who I am to the Lord, inviting him to invade my life completely. He becomes my sufficiency, my satisfaction, my strength. When I am excited, depressed, anxious, instead of turning to food, I learn to turn to Him to satisfy the heart hunger.

Thin Within teaches me to eat only when I am physiologically hungry and to stop eating when I am physiologically satisfied or not hungry any more. We call that 0 to 5 eating.

No foods are "off limits." So I released 100 pounds while eating chocolate, pizza, mexican food, McDonalds french fries (don't be disgusted! LOL!).

As time progressed, however, I found myself gravitating more towards more beneficial foods. I still eat Godiva chocolate and french fries (have had both today, in fact), but the goal is that NO food will have mastery over me.

This way, not only is the weight released from my body, but it is done in such a way that I can live this way for the rest of my life. I released all of the extra weight by eating normal foods only when hungry. While I live a relatively active lifestyle, shedding the extra weight involved no obsessive exercise. If I have a more active day, I am likely to be hungry more frequently. If I am hungry, I am free to eat! No calorie, fat gram, or point counting.

I am free!

Once I am no longer hungry or "satisfied" I stop eating.

The trick is all those other reasons many of us eat! My heart is to turn to the Lord anytime I have a desire to eat when I am not physically in need of nourishment.

Thank you, Lord, for relieving my body of 100 pounds!

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