Day 30a

Okay, so I do need to address my issues with 1. fast food and 2. eating a little more than I should everyday.  It is not an all out glutton fest like I use to do, but hey, sin is sin.  I am going to call it by name.  I eat more than I need to each day.  Proverbs 23:21, "for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags".  I looked at my credit card statement for this past month.  Seeing it on paper was quite embarrassing for me.  I went to fast food places way more than I would like to admit in a month's time.  I was convicted.  Let me stop right there, convicted but not condemned.  I am covered by God's Grace.  God wants repentance for me, new life. Romans 6:4, "We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life."  John 10:10, "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.  I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."  Satan wants to destroy me.  He wants me to be condemned, to feel there is no hope, no life.  Jesus came to destroy the work of Satan.  He came to be a living hope and be the giver of new life.  He wants repentance from me because He loves me, not because he wants to destroy me.  I don't know about you, but I want that.  I want the Lord of the Universe to give me life.  I want him to destroy the work of the devil in my life.  Okay, so back to the credit card.  I am not only holding fast food up as an idol, I am robbing my family and Christ.  That money needs to be used for eternal purposes, not on my stomach.  Forgive me Jesus.  So, I realized lunch is when I tend to get fast food whether it be a coke or a combo meal and lunch is when I tend to eat more than I should.  Maybe Jesus is trying to tell me something.  What if I spend lunch worshiping my Father and dying to self.  Hmmmm!  Jesus lead me in your wisdom and truth.  I am so much in need of your grace.  Thank you that it was freely given by your death and resurrection.  Romans 6:23, "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."  Eternal life is through Christ alone.  It can be found nowhere else.  Thank you Jesus.
Fran