no pie

I haven't had much to say about my healthy eating journey of late. People are rarely super interested in whatever "healthy eating plan" someone is on. Sometimes people ask "what are you doing?" And then you watch their eyes glaze over as you explain.

I'm not going to explain my diet, or tell you everything I had to eat today, but I am going to share about healthy eating.

Did you ever read the nursery rhyme about the kittens who lost their mittens?

When I was little I thought the line, "You shall have NO pie" actually said, "you shall have TOE pie."

That's really the only line I remember from that story. It today it was real.

Today I had a dinner with the members of our church board. We went to Amish country to a restaurant know for its comfort food and baked goods.

This restaurant had a fair amount of items that I could eat on the current food plan I am following, one that I have been blessed to see some marginal results with. There were however, many MORE items that do not fall in line with this plan.

At the end of the meal, because it is also a bakery, there were probably 20 or more varieties of pies to choose from. As the waitress took each person's order, I stood out like a bit of a sore thumb when I passed on her offer.

"You shall have no pie," rang through my head for a moment.

But this is why I am sharing.

As I sat there, drinking water while everyone else at the table ate their dessert, I felt...nothing.

No desire, no jealousy, no judgement.

I felt happy that the others were enjoying there lunch. I didn't feel deprived or left out.

I know that I am walking in a place of obedience and I was very content in that today. The Lord gave me both grace and gentle victory today. Food has had a pull on my mind and heart for far too long and even though the enemy was whispering things like, just a little bit of that roll or just a few bites of pie...I didn't bite. Literally.

Today, that was a victory. I'm not saying rolls or carbs or pie or whatever are wrong. God gave us all these things to enjoy. But I have struggled with restraint and abused them for far to long. I'm not saying I am "THERE" but today was a good step of forward motion.

No pie...no problem.

Thank you Jesus for your great grace.

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