Today is the first day that I am making the effort to not eat between meals. DH called me from work this morning asking if I wanted to go out for breakfast. I am not one to turn down a meal at a restaurant (I am my mother's daughter) so I said yes. Did the skin brushing thing...it is supposed to exfoliate and invigorate and it does! Took a shower but didn't have time to do the oil message. Ate a nice breakfast and relaxed and enjoyed the meal. I am full so it shouldn't be a problem making it to lunch time. If I can go 5 days without eating between meals, I will move on to the next challenge!
I was thinking about my perception of my past. When I go to Celebrate Recovery and listen to other people's stories, I am sometimes reminded of things that I have been through in my life. It is strange because sometimes it seems that they are things that I have forgotten about. Memories come back and I realize how much God has been caring for me my whole life. Even when I wasn't walking as closely with Him as I am now, He was still there. It makes me think of the Footprints poem - I didn't know it, but He was carrying me! My first husband was not a very good person. He had some good qualities. He could be very generous, but only with certain people and only if he made the decision to be generous. He expected me to put up with many inconveniences - even though we could have afforded better. We lived for years in a mobile home that was in pretty rough shape. We talked about buying a nice double-wide, but he didn't want to spend the money on the land or the hou
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