Friday, October 21, 2011

Who is that person?

For the soul:  

I have a favorite restaurant.  Do you?  When I go in there, I just don't recognize myself. Somebody else has just jumped into my skin!  But that person is ordering foods that I do recognize. It's a lot easier to stick with a life-giving diet as long as I stay out of that restaurant.


Does this sound familiar?  As a lifelong overeater, this is where Romans 7:15 speaks to me.  Paul's disclosure that he is actively doing exactly what he doesn't want to be doing is the main problem we humans have.  Our last overeaters' group began with that verse.  Every retreat deals with that verse as well. We care, but we don't care.