Yesterday, I woke to a dusting of snow on the ground. I don’t know if the weather got the memo, but it is SPRING and Spring doesn’t have snow.
Well, I guess it does.
Never once yesterday did I say, “Wow, since it snowed, I guess Spring is off the hook for this year.”
But countless times in my eating life I’ve said, “Wow, since I had a bad eating day, I guess I’m off the hook and will never get to my goal weight. It’s a bust.”
Yesterday, God gave me the gift of snow in Spring. Seeing snow on the ground was not a limitation of Spring, but rather a gift.
Limitations are gifts from God. My limitation in the area of emotional eating is a gift. All throughout this past week, God had me reading in 2 Corinthians 12.
“I was given the gift of a handicap to keep me in constant touch with my limitations (my emotional eating addiction). Satan’s angel did his best to get me down (tell me lies that I’ll be fat and “stuck” forever); what he in fact did was push me to my knees (praying and pleading to God for help). No danger than of walking around high and mighty! At first I didn’t think of it as a gift, and begged God to remove it. Three times I did that, and then he told me,
My grace is enough; it’s all you need.
My strength comes into its own in your weakness.
Once I heard that, I was glad to let it happen. I quit focusing on the handicap and began appreciating the gift. It was a case of Christ’s strength moving in on my weakness. Now I take limitations in stride, and with good cheer, these limitations that cut me down to size—abuse, accidents, opposition, bad breaks. I just let Christ take over! And so the weaker I get, the stronger I become.” 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 (Message)
A bad eating day is sort of like a snow in Spring. It happens. You know how I like to say it, “Sheet cake happens.” But no matter what, God’s desire is to bring “new life” into today. Cherry blossoms and tulips for Spring and a deeper relationship with Him because of my weakness with food.
God doesn’t want me focusing on my handicap but to celebrate the gift. Weakness is a gift. (That’s some crazy talk, huh?! But it’s true.)
The “gift” is a new life with Christ – dependent on Him, more than me.
The “gift” is looking for comfort from Christ, rather than a food.
The “gift” is sharing this “handicap” so together, we can come out of hiding and grow closer to one another and God.
The “gift” is that no matter what the day brings, Spring is here. Don’t lose focus because of one small snow day.
One day of snow won’t stop Spring just as a day of bad eating won’t stop me from pursuing the new, beautiful life God has for me (and you)!
We all struggle with something, and have bad days…that’s why we need God in our every day life.
Don’t let the temperature fool you, Spring is here. Do you see the gift of snow in Spring? Where do you live and what’s the temperature there?
I’m so excited, and I just can’t hide it! 
