Section One: Day 1 of the devotional, Satisfied: A 90 Day Spiritual Journey Toward Food Freedom
The passage that Dr. Rhonda Epstein opens the devotional with is, to say the least, eye opening. Have you ever read this passage? I had not! Check it out:
“For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do. If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good. But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.”
Romans 7:15-25 NKJV
https://www.bible.com/114/rom.7.15-25.nkjv
What a struggle & boy is this how I feel on a daily basis! I KNOW what I should do, yet I don’t do it. What is wrong with me? The first journal prompt is to list all of the diets I have tried and the results. Oh boy! Let’s see if I can remember them all….
Tony Little workout videos(middle school), Weight Watchers (many times – can’t remember how many), Nutrisystem, Slim Fast, Low-Carb, No-carb, Vegetarian, Jenny Craig, multiple medical doctors who prescribed phentermine & B12 shots, a variety of meal replacement shakes (gross), weight loss surgery, gym memberships (Curves, Golds, LA Fitness, YMCA), more meal replacement shakes, protein shakes, Saxenda (injectable rx ordered from the UK)…..I “think” that’s all of them. The next part of the prompt asks how much money I’ve spent….Ha….there is no way to know that….thousands!! So much time, energy and resources go into fighting my food addiction & it’s not working!
The first step is admitting that there is a problem. Check….there is a problem. Now, on to the next steps to find a way to solve the problem.
Blessings! 🦩 Amanda
A Content Life 