Many of us begin the New Year with a refreshed desire to make some changes to our lives...some call these changes Resolutions...others My Gift to Jesus...and some of us will just call our plans a Do-Over.
Most of us girls, as we flip open a new calendar, desire to shed some unwanted weight. I am one of those girls. I have come to realize that reducing the poundage on my body is a three part process. It's more than restricting my diet and buffeting my body with exercise. To feel good...to be at my best weight...to have optimal health I need to engage my Spirit, Soul and Body for success. Which, when you think about it, makes total sense. We are comprised of all three parts and all three parts need to work together in harmony to not only achieve this desired goal but also to maintain it.
First off, here are a few tidbits about this weekly post...
Food 4 Thot ~ as a Title...1) I had a group of friends meeting in my home a while back for this purpose and when I would text them info about the group I was too lazy type all the words out correctly on my 'dumb' phone so I would abbreviate this way...it stuck. 2) It comes from Romans 12:1-2a, "Therefore I urge you...sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God - this is your true and proper worship. Do not be conformed to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." This post will give us a portion of God's Word every week to help us renew our minds...and thus transform our bodies.
Food 4 Thot ~ as a Post...1) This will be just 1 tool that you can use to help you on your journey. As stated above I will be giving us a verse to help us renew our thinking...and to focus our selves on Jesus during the process. 2) In addition I will try to include something helpful and encouraging, from a practical application stand point most weeks. 3) This post is purposefully designed to appear on Fridays. Don't know about you, but for me the weekend with it's lack of routine that the rest of the week usually provides can challenge my discipline. So, having this post to get my 'head in the game' as I head into the weekend is helpful.
That about sums up what to expect here!
To get us started this week our 1st bite of Scripture happens to be one of my fav's and is foundational to ApronStrings Ministries.
Oh, Taste and See that the LORD is Good!
Blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
Oh, fear the LORD all you saints, for those who fear Him have no lack!
The young lions suffer want and hunger;
but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
Psalm 34:8-10
Those of you who read this week's Verse To Chew On may see a few similarities here. (Scroll down to read it if you didn't).
Here are a couple of things to think on as you look at this piece of the Bible...thoughts I had as I meditated on this and looked in my Commentaries.
*Taste & See = Try & Experience the beauty of God's Being (His Glory) and the bounty of His Grace
*Fear = An awe inspired worship of God which includes being conscience of my duty to Him in everything.
*As I taste & see, take refuge in and worship God my Father will feed me His comfort food and I will lack 'no good thing'. If there is anything that I desire that God, in His infinite wisdom, denies me I can trust that He will give me the grace to be content without it! This applies to life in general...and can surely fill in the lack on my plate if I am counting points or eliminating certain food groups as I work on being healthier!
Just for fun...and because I think it helps with getting Scripture into our lives, here's our passage in a couple of different translations...
Open your mouth and taste, open your eyes and see—
how good God is.
Blessed are you who run to him.
how good God is.
Blessed are you who run to him.
Worship God if you want the best;
worship opens doors to all his goodness. Young lions on the prowl get hungry,
but God-seekers are full of God.
worship opens doors to all his goodness. Young lions on the prowl get hungry,
but God-seekers are full of God.
The Message
O taste and see that the Lord [our God] is good! Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who trusts and takes refuge in Him.
O fear the Lord, you His saints [revere and worship Him]! For there is no want to those who truly revere and worship Him with godly fear.
The young lions lack food and suffer hunger, but they who seek (inquire of and require) the Lord [by right of their need and on the authority of His Word], none of them shall lack any beneficial thing.
Amplified
Serving Him and you,
~Michelle...ApronGirl
No comments:
Post a Comment