Psalm 34:8 NIV
I took part in a discussion today about emotional eating. The experts say it's a learned behavior. I think there's a bit of truth in that, but I also contend that it may have a little something to do with my genes. I'm half Italian. Food was the answer for everything when I was growing up.
- Oh, you're sad? Mangia! Mangia! (Italian for "eat up")
- Oh, you fell down and got hurt? Here, eat a little something - you'll feel better!
- Honor roll?!? That's marvelous! Let's celebrate - Mangia!
Quick! How many comfort foods can you name? Truthfully, though, how many people do you know who go to food for comfort? Or to liquor or some other form of self-indulgence? The sad truth is it might feel like comfort in the moment, but it robs us of any real or lasting comfort.
In John 14:26 (the Living Bible) Jesus said, But when the Father sends the Comforter instead of me—and by the Comforter I mean the Holy Spirit—he will teach you much, as well as remind you of everything I myself have told you. If we would go to God's Word and seek solace, the Holy Spirit would guide us into all Truth (John 16:13). And where the Spirit of the Lord is freedom (2nd Corinthians 3:17). Freedom from the pain, freedom from the cares of this world, freedom from the desire to seek comfort from anything that is not God's comfort. Taste and see that the Lord is good! Oh, that we would get to the place where we rightly divide His Word as quickly as we can divide a pie into six!
Prayer:
Father,
Thank You for Your Word. Thank You for sending the Holy Spirit to comfort us and to guide us into all Truth. Help us to retrain our hearts and minds to seek Your comfort over anything and everything the world has to offer us. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen
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