Lies Women Believe About Food

“While you may think the devil is hiding in cheesecake, red meat and butter, I’ m pretty sure he has better hiding places.” ~ Kathy Vick

It goes without saying, we should never have eaten the apple.The problem wasn’t the food, or the tree, or the stupid snake.

The problem was in us.

And we have been falling for the same lie since the garden.  The lie being that food has any power that isn’t already ours. That it can do anything else, but lie there in our refrigerators.

Somewhere we forgot;

Food can’t solve our problems.

It can’t make us more powerful.

It can’t take our pain away.

It doesn’t make us less lonely.

It’s only power is what we give it.

When Eve ate the apple, I mentally  substitute a Maple Bar. In my garden, the snake would know I could resist an apple all day long, but a Maple bar talks to me.  In my version of the garden, the tree grows Maple bars. There are days like today, I am sure that a Maple bar would make me happier, lighter, more loved, less lonely. But, it  is a cheap substitute for something more authentic–more real.  A counterfeit placebo instead of the blessings God wants for me. When I reach for the Maple bar, instead of fighting for the real thing I miss the whole point of the story.

The problem is inside me.

There is a part of me that wants to solve things myself–wants a not-so-vulnerable and transparent life where my insides don’t hang out.

There is a part of me that wants to be God.

To live in my own Kingdom where I don’t need connection to solve my problems.

A Place where Maple bars have power  to change the way I feel.

And if the problem is in me, then I have the power and faith to resolve it in God.  I promise you I am going to fight for it.

So this week I am 4 lbs lighter, eyes open to the oldest lie in the book and counting…

Kathy (4 points) Maple Bars(0).

Stay tuned …

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