Thursday, May 13, 2010
Reading WOMEN FOOD AND GOD
So when I hit page 43 of the book I realize that the whole time I have been reading this book I have been obsessing over eating a cheeseburger. I know it is constantly on my mind because the things I am reading are hitting close to home. They are truth. Dang it.
05/12/10
Dear Oprah,
Today I sat down and watched your show. The moment I realized the show was on food I thought to myself, “I have to eat something.” So I got up went into my kitchen and came back out with a cake. Not a piece of cake. Not a slice of cake but a whole cake. I continued to watch your show with a cake on my lap and a fork in my hand. On the show there was a conversation about the real reason to why we eat the way we do. I thought about why I was eating the cake. I reflected on my life and didn’t want to go there. I remember thinking, “Maybe Oprah I just want to eat my FREAKING cake. So there.” Even as I thought that …I knew I was wrong.
There was a challenge on the show to look in the mirror into our own eyes and see into our souls. I stood at that mirror Oprah for a long time and never saw my soul. At first I thought maybe I could not see it because I was wearing my glasses. So I put in my contacts. Then I thought maybe my eyes are just too small.
Today I sat down and watched your show. The moment I realized the show was on food I thought to myself, “I have to eat something.” So I got up went into my kitchen and came back out with a cake. Not a piece of cake. Not a slice of cake but a whole cake. I continued to watch your show with a cake on my lap and a fork in my hand. On the show there was a conversation about the real reason to why we eat the way we do. I thought about why I was eating the cake. I reflected on my life and didn’t want to go there. I remember thinking, “Maybe Oprah I just want to eat my FREAKING cake. So there.” Even as I thought that …I knew I was wrong.
There was a challenge on the show to look in the mirror into our own eyes and see into our souls. I stood at that mirror Oprah for a long time and never saw my soul. At first I thought maybe I could not see it because I was wearing my glasses. So I put in my contacts. Then I thought maybe my eyes are just too small.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Weigh iN
Every Sunday evening is our "weigh in." Originally the plan was just to weigh ourselves to chart our progress physically. Now every Sunday night has also become out spiritual "weigh in." Our friendships have grown as we have been open with one another about our trials and feelings. Lessons: Our spiritual health is just as important as our physical health.
I personally seem to go up and down with my weight. I feel that when I become more spiritually stable I will become more physically healthy as well.
Sometimes (meaning all the time lately) I feel like my life is a complete mess and out of control. It is time to really take control and make good choices. For me this always begins with taking a spiritual inventory and make plans to make change. I know better therefore I need to do better.
2 Nephi 10:23-25
Therefore, cheer up your hearts, and remember that ye are free to act for yourselves—to choose the way of everlasting death or the way of eternal life. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, reconcile yourselves to the will of God, and not to the will of the devil and the flesh; and remember, after ye are reconciled unto God, that it is only in and through the grace of God that ye are saved. Wherefore, may God raise you from death by the power of the resurrection, and also from everlasting death by the power of the atonement, that ye may be received into the eternal kingdom of God, that ye may praise him through grace divine. Amen.
I personally seem to go up and down with my weight. I feel that when I become more spiritually stable I will become more physically healthy as well.
Sometimes (meaning all the time lately) I feel like my life is a complete mess and out of control. It is time to really take control and make good choices. For me this always begins with taking a spiritual inventory and make plans to make change. I know better therefore I need to do better.
2 Nephi 10:23-25
Therefore, cheer up your hearts, and remember that ye are free to act for yourselves—to choose the way of everlasting death or the way of eternal life. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, reconcile yourselves to the will of God, and not to the will of the devil and the flesh; and remember, after ye are reconciled unto God, that it is only in and through the grace of God that ye are saved. Wherefore, may God raise you from death by the power of the resurrection, and also from everlasting death by the power of the atonement, that ye may be received into the eternal kingdom of God, that ye may praise him through grace divine. Amen.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Thank you JESUS
So yesterday three of us got together and basically climbed a zillion fights of stairs. It was hard work but felt good. Afterwards we went and got cheeseburgers and pieshakes! What were we thinking! We had a blast and it tasted great but really just wasted all of the effort we put in. I was thinking about this and how often we do similar things in other areas of our lives. For example: I might become more diligent in my scripture study but then go right out and do something really stupid. Or I may succeed in avoiding one temptation while indulging in another. The point is that sometimes we try and work so hard at doing the right thing only to go out and make mistakes. But this is why we have Jesus Christ. It is through Jesus Christ that our very natures can be perfected. That when we mess up we can become clean again through the process of repentance. Repenting from that pieshake will probably take me all week.
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