Sweets!

It seems that most of the focuses recently have been fairly long, though I hope time was taken to read and reflect on the passages focused on and some benefit was found. Today I decided to try to keep it short and sweet, and pray it will encourage your focus through the day.

About four years ago as I began a deliberate attempt to lose some weight (and as of last June have kept it off for three years) I found that not only did I need to increase exercise, but had to also change the way I was eating. Among many things I have come to understand is how eating sweets can trick the body into WANTING MORE sweets and it therefore becomes easy to overindulge.

Though sweets may need to be approached in moderation with regard to physical health, praise God He has provided something sweet that is perfectly healthy to INDULGE in again and again.

From the Psalms we read…
“HOW SWEET ARE YOUR WORDS TO MY TASTE, SWEETER THAN HONEY TO MY MOUTH!” ( Psalm 119:103 ESV)

A bowl of sweet treats within arm’s reach -- though taken one at a time and popped into the mouth -- can easily be consumed before one realizes it. Since I have experienced this personally there have been times I have purposely moved a bowl away from where I sat in order to keep this from happening. However, what a wonderful thing for us to keep God’s Word close at hand, providing the opportunity to continually be popping one verse or passage at a time into our minds. It’s all good! It’s all healthy! We can’t take in too much of it! Let us continually INDULGE and enjoy the sweetness that keeps us COMING BACK FOR MORE. May we develop a real sweet tooth for God’s sweet truth!

Have a great day CONTINUALLY REACHING FOR GOD’S WORD!
Carl

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