Why is it so difficult to stay healthy? This is the question I found myself asking myself today as I bought a bag of pods and a coke. Every so often I decide I'm going to be healthy and stop eating the junk food, not because I'm overweight or need to go on a diet, just simply because I would like to know that I'm healthy and my mum always used to say to me whatever I eat now will eventually catch up to me... well if I keep going the way I'm going. I'm a little scared to think of what I'll look like in 15 years time. So my question... why is it so difficult to stay healthy? (Don't worry, I will eventually tie it in with my Christian walk)
So my thinking is that there is something in the food that we love that makes us want more of it! Maybe it's the sugar... I know for me, I love sugar. For some, caffeine could be their down fall or maybe it's not food, maybe it's cigarettes or alcohol. But there is always something in there that makes us want more of it, and even though we know it's not good for us, we still go back for more. Sometimes it's not even a food or drink, sometimes it could be an action, something we do, but we find we get some joy out of it and then we go back for more. We give in to the "evil" urges.
It's the same with our Christian walk and sin. If we've grown up in a life of sin, it's difficult to just cut it out, it's difficult to just stop. When we've done something that we know is bad a part of us gets a thrill from it, and then wants to do it again. If we allow it often enough, soon it is difficult to say no.
There was a time in my life where I was quite down and having a hard time. I would do anything to try and escape the life I was living or the depression I was feeling, and I found something that took it away. A friend came into my life at that time and offered me something that I had never experienced before. It was quite an easy decision for me at the time, I didn't fight it because I wanted to feel something that wasn't damaged or depressed. The first time, this friend took a little bit of me away from me and left me with a little bit of them, and soon I was craving more. It got to a stage where I just didn't think about it, there was nothing that would stop me from going and doing the things I was doing no matter what damage it was doing. I had become addicted to an act of sin but at the time did not realise the hold that it had on my life. I lost so much of myself and had given away things that I could never get back. When it ended I was probably more of a mess than when I started because now I did not know myself, I had lost myself, and I had lost something that I had become quite attached to. I felt like I needed it to live.
So, if we find ourselves in these situations, if we continue to go back to the one thing and continue to sin over and over again, like when we go back and buy that chocolate over and over again, knowing that it is bad for us, how can we get ourselves out of this situation? I guess the only answer I have is to pray. Pray about it and know that all the strength you need to get through it is in Christ, and Christ is in you.
I have grown a lot since my experience and it's something that I no longer have a problem with but, there are times when the devil will try and trip me up and position people in my life to try and pull me away of the new found life I have. In those times, again, the only thing I can do is pray. Pray for the strength to stay on the right path, and listen to the Holy Spirit's guidance.
So after really thinking about what I have overcome, I think I should be able to overcome my addiction to chocolate! Time for me to not just have a healthy spiritual life, but a healthy physical life too!
Thankful for: Feet
So as I sat here, I thought.. what am I thankful for, and 'feet' was the first thing that came to my mind. Maybe it's because I was jiggling my feet around, I don't know, but I am thankful for feet. Really they do a lot for us, they allow us to stand, to walk, to dance, to run, without feet how would we get around? Feet are pretty magnificent. It's like in The Little Mermaid when she sings her song (which I have to admit is one of my favourite Disney songs.. I love Disney movies). She sings... "I wanna be where the people are, I wanna see, wanna see em dancing, walking around on those, what's that word again, feet! Flippin your fins you don't get too far, legs are required for jumping, dancing, strolling along down the, whats the word again, street!" So yes, she is singing about legs and feet and I'm just talking about feet, but feet allow us to do a lot of stuff. I'm glad I have mine.
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