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| Lean Lent Day 27 | |
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Day 27 Scripture: James 3: 5 Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. Application: Have you considered how minuscule the tastebuds are, and how much trouble they have gotten you into? They can’t even be seen with the human eye, but they are there desiring to take tastes of everything, easily excited, tempted, and prone to overindulge. They are but a small spark and your body is a great forest waiting to be destroyed by something as pleasant as a tastebud. It is told dieter’s that if you have a craving for something, allow yourself a small taste of it so you won’t feel denied. Yet, what is a small taste? A small taste to a tastebud would be about the size of a pinhead, and who is that disciplined? Not me, for sure. You have to do what works for you individually, but bingeing and not knowing when to quit was my downfall. In my vocabulary there is no such thing as a small taste. We must learn our pitfalls and not walk away from temptation--we must run away from it. If endless tastes of food during the day has gotten you into this dilemma, then it’s time for you to take control of your tastebuds and be master over them, not vice versa. After all, this is a lifestyle change, and the habit of taste must be overcome by the habit of desiring to put only healthy foods into our body’s when we are hungry. Let’s face it, what we once got away with is no longer doable. We must become different than what are habits were. A habit can be broken, with the help of God. Prayer: Lord, how wonderful and detailed you have made each one of us, and yet when it comes to the tastebud’s, one of the least in size of any organ and nerve, I indulge it beyond what is necessary. Help me to realize that my spirit, which can not be seen by human eye is far more important than a tastebud. I want my spirit to be strong in You that I may overcome the temptations to revert to old habits. I ask this in Jesus’ name. Amen My Commitment Today: |
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