I got an email from one of my coaching clients. What a GREAT question she asked! I thought that others might be interested in hearing some thoughts about emerging as a conquering hero over the typical Church Potluck!
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What will you do to emerge victorious over the next buffet, church potluck or other challenging church function?
THanks Heidi for once again starting my day with so many good thoughts and suggestions. I particularly like your idea on how to use gratitude as a focus with any of these “food” events. I will have to practice this as a way to keep my mind on God and His bounty rather than just on all the different foods I would like to taste. Thank you.
It has made a huge difference for me, Lisa! 🙂 Let me know what happens when you give it a go!
I also appreciated how one cannot practice gratitude and entitlement at the same time. I will practice that at home as entitlement is one of my regular thought processes. Thank you for also reminding me of the Timothy scripture. I will add that to my scripture “book” today. Thanks, Heidi!
Hi, CMK. So glad that this was helpful. It was a “game changer” for me back in 2006. I may have written about it here early on when I began the blog!
Thanks CMK for reminding me of the important point that an attitude of gratitude does not mix with an attitude of entitlement. I must remember this!
Thank you. this was cool. I usually don’t have trouble and actually eat less at things like this. Not sure why. but being a new creation in this area of my life does help. I am usually overwhelmed with gratitude that I DON’T have to be afraid of these functions anymore. I choose only what I know I like or looks interesting. I savor it cause I usually don’t take more than a tablespoon of anything as I know I’ll be sampling different things
. I have two places to go like this on Sunday, I will be traveling with my husbands’ southern gospel singing group. What a relief not to have to carry my own food everywhere I go anymore. To trust that God will have some treasures here for me if I will look for them. This group was privy to my first TW weekend with food after the Lord took down the stronghold of fear in my life. They were so kind and so happy for me and I had no problems with it then. I’m still in stage one, however, in many respects and can’t get over all I’ve run from down through the years. Fear was my god, calling the shots instead of the Lord. It’s very different going to these things with Jesus Christ calling the shots instead. What also helps me is the scripture in Revelation that talks about the Lord knocking on the door of our hearts , and the Greek says, if we open the door, He will come in and have a meal with us as friends. I just love that. So this event , as all my food events, will be a time of special fellowship with Him if I let Him and bring Him in on it. Still working on that, remembering to do it. So good not to be alone with it anymore. Again, thanks for your practical suggestions.
Thanks, Joan. This is a great testimony. What a great perspective on these kinds of events!
Joan. What a wonderful testimony! I too am grateful to not have to fear eating out or food in general anymore. My recent family trip was so relaxed re: food. I didn’t have to bring anything “special” for myself (shakes, bars, etc). There is such freedom in not dieting and relying on The Lord instead! Enjoy your weekend with friends and God.
CMK…SO true. I am glad to know that you, too, have experienced some peace relative to “events” and trips and eating. God is so good to us. I know that I tend to make things so much more complicated than they need to be.
I am having trouble falling off then re-starting. I can’t seem to get back. I usually have a qeek or two of doing well, then I mess up. Then everything gets fuzzy and I quit.How do I begin again, and how , where?
with the next meal, Dawn. when you’ve fallen off, start right away and wait for hunger with the next meal. It may be tomorrow depending on what you ate. but you always can start again with the next meal. Because hunger will come eventually…if you wait for it. Just don’t quit before your miracle. You might want to do a mental inventory, to see what you are telling yourself. the bible study Heidi has been leading has talked a lot about this. I would recommend you check it out. Perhaps some of your misgivings and troubles stem from thoughts like those she talks about there. Hugs from Mo, that was supposed to be stormy but isn’t……..yet! LOL!!!
Yes Dawn, most of us have fallen and just continue to come back. Eventually, we trust the Lord will keep us faithful to 0 to 5 eating. For the first time in a long time I have new hope with this way of eating especially through this Bible study and with constant renewing of my mind. I can’t believe how many lies I live with. We are all in this together and we will continue to pray for each other. Thanks to all.