Many of the verses and quotes that I have shared over the last several weeks have been things that I have really felt were worth pondering. And as God was leading me along, I was able to see how they fit in the journey that I am on. This verse was no difference.
Towards the middle of January, I read through this verse again and I realized that for me it was talking about food. But before I delve in deeper about that I want to share another little testimony that goes along with this freedom theme.
In 2011, I believe it was, I figured out that caffeine was not something for me. Many times, on Sabbath especially, I would end up with a bad headache. I would figure out that it was because I hadn't had a Coke- so I would drink one thinking that the headache would go away but it wouldn't. I was tired of dealing with that headache and decided to give up caffeine. This ended up a true blessing because just a couple of years later I would be forced into menopause with surgery and found out that caffeine is known to make hot flashes worse. I was thankful that I had listened to the prompting of the Holy Spirit to give it up years before.
Fast forward to now and this food issue, when I eat a whole food plant based diet, I feel SO much more at peace about food in general. This is not the case when I ate a standard American diet (SAD). I seemed to be driven to eat more and more. Many times, just a couple of hours or so after eating I would experience hunger and knew I shouldn't be hungry yet. It's called toxic hunger- it what happens when the highly processed food moves out of your system, your body begins to get withdrawal symptoms. You can read more about "toxic hunger" in Dr Joel Fuhrman's book the "End of Diabetes" chapter 4. It's a powerful chapter that can change your life, it changed mine.
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