M2C day 34

Hello again!

Oh girls this day really spoke to me!

S - If you want to be perfect [whole], go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.  Then come, follow me.  Matthew 19:21

O - When typing this verse out, I realized something interesting.  Matthew puts a comma after the word GO.  He paused.  He set it apart.  Why is this interesting to me?  Because sometimes the very first step is the hardest.  Jesus is breaking it down for this rich man.  First - go.  Then sell your things and give to the poor. 

A - What is that first step that is holding me back?  Scaring me to death?  That I don't feel capable of doing or don't want to do?  On page 111 Lysa read my mind.  She said, "It's easy to feel that our struggle with food is such an unfair deal."  That is me!  Maybe my first step is an attitude change.  Turn my pouting into thankfulness.  Thankful that I deal with food issues and not terminal illness.  Thankful that I have money to buy food.  Thankful that I can minister to others through food.  Thankful that I have friends and family that support me in my food struggles.  Thankful for knowledge and resources on healthy living.  Thankful that I serve a God that cares about what I eat. 

P - Lord I pray for a fresh attitude.  Next time I want to have a pity party, please bring my attention back to You and what You have done for me.  May I have victory in this first step so I can get on to all the rest!