How much weight have you lost since you started your weight loss journey? How many inches have you subtracted from your waist, arms, and thighs? What size do you wear now? Have you made any measurable progress in regard to your eating disorder? Most importantly, how do you feel about what you've accomplished so far? When the scale reveals that you've only lost a few ounces, do you get upset? Instead of rejoicing over the 5 pounds you've lost, do you feel like you're wasting your time? Do you complain because you haven't dropped a dress size even though your current clothes fit loosely? Are you tempted to skip a therapy session and simply give in to your eating disorder triggers?
The negative outlook of your circumstances is the enemy's strategy to affect the way you see things in order to keep you in bondage to gluttony and failing to eat and drink for the glory of God or to entangle you with that bondage again! However, the Bible teaches us not to despise small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin (Zechariah 4:10 NLT). You have to start from 0, then work your way up to 25, 90, or 200 pounds of lost weight. Since you can't skip any numbers along the way, be grateful for every step closer to reaching your goal weight! Likewise, the eating disorder had a starting point. Consequently, you must make positive changes to your behavior and continue to practice those changes on a daily basis just as you used to habitually incorporate the negative eating behaviors into your daily lifestyle In other words, recognize that you're winning, and the enemy is playing mind games with you in order to get the upper hand again! If God, Himself, rejoices over the fact that you're moving in the right direction, why aren't you? Instead of feeling like you're failing to make substantial progress, grumbling because you're not as far along as someone else, or complaining because you don't see results as quickly as you'd like to, have a Holy Ghost party in thanksgiving for what you have already been given and eagerly anticipate that the best version of you is yet to come! An artist always has a picture in his mind before he sketches, paints, or sculpts. God, the Ultimate Artist, did the same thing with Adam before forming him from the clay (Genesis 1:26, 2:7). He already knew the end result before He began to mold Adam's body. It's the same with us when we submit to God's will to honor Him with our bodies by eating and drinking for His glory. He already knows what the end result will be! Though it may not look or feel like you're making any progress from your perspective, don't give up! You're a work in progress! Instead, declare out loud, “Lord, I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made! Your works are wonderful! I know that full well" (Psalm 139:14). Then diligently continue the repairs to the temple of the Holy Spirit with great joy and expectation as you get one healthy meal, workout, and trigger free day closer to seeing with your own eyes that you are God’s masterpiece (Psalm 139:14). If you believe that you’re God’s masterpiece, PURCHASE YOUR COPY of the Eating as an Act of Worship Teacher’s Edition TODAY at the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center located at 501 West 9th Street in Little Rock, Arkansas! In the book, you will learn the biblical principles regarding the body, dieting, exercising, and maintaining a healthy body for the glory of God! If you live outside of the Little Rock area, ORDER your copy at Barnes and Noble.com and start serving the One True Living God in every aspect of your life, including your eating habits TODAY!
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Ann Wooten Taylor
Ann is an attorney who has been licensed to practice law in the State of Arkansas since 2004, practicing in the areas of child abuse and neglect, special education, and unemployment insurance law. Mrs. Taylor is also the C.E.O. of Eating as an Act of Worship Ministries and a Christian author. Her first non-fiction, Christian book entitled, "Eating as an Act of Worship Workbook" was published and released by Life to Legacy Publishing in 2015. Her second book, the "Eating as an Act of Worship Teacher's Edition" was published and released in December 2016. Archives
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