Made to Crave

True right?!?! I have learned this the hard way! Going through motions of eating well for 5 days and then binging on the weekends! This past weekend it was stress! At that moment when I was reaching for my kids' animal crackers, I didn't care that I would feel sick the next day! It was an immediate comfort that I would pay for not in the moment, but the next day, and the day after that, and the day after that! Yep, a 4 pound food hangover! Can you relate?

My current challenge group is currently reading Lysa Terkeurst's "Made to Crave" book!!! It is phenomenal! Together we have learned that that urge to eat and fill ourselves until we are about to bust is actually an urge that only God can fill! God made us to crave and hunger but not for worldly things, for Him!

Tim (my husband) and I finally had an epiphany this week! We had replaced God with food! We thought about food ALL day long.  We would finish one meal and long for the next! Our satisfaction was coming from food and it really wasn't a satisfaction because it left us feeling bloated, nauseous, and guilty afterwards!

So this week, we've made a change! We are ridding our bodies of the junk! No more processed foods or sugar! We are back to eating the correct portion sizes and when we crave or want more we ask God to help us in our weakness! I must say I am not hungry!!! I am filled, my cup runneth over in fact!!! We are made whole in Him and not by any thing that this world can offer! Thank you, God for delivering me from my own vicious cycle!!! Victory!