...Now I See

I have been spending a lot of time in the kitchen, homeschooling and working on the house. It's what I do. Trying to clean up from fire damage to our property has made things all the more interesting but things look a little better all the time.
 I believe that sometimes a good burnout is what it takes for God to make things new. It lets light in on places that have been covered. That is what it took for me to regain my health. The dang fire stings, but the rain is oh-so-soothing. We do a lot of things with these bodies we have. It's the only one we get and if you break it, you buy it (the farm, that is). That is what excites me about how healing food can be.
 I relate a lot to the story of Jesus spitting in the dirt and rubbing mud in the man's eyes. (John 9) You know if the guy could have seen it coming then he never would have let him do it. But he didn't and so, Jesus did. Then he just tells him to go wash his face and just like that...he can see. Sometimes that mud in your eye is just what the doctor ordered. If you have health issues, then there's your mud. 
Victory is yours for the taking! Change one thing at a time and read about it so that you know what makes it important. Don't beat yourself up if you aren't doing everything right. No one else is either! Just do the best you can. And don't lie to yourself and say McD's is your best. One of my first decisions was that I would not eat or feed my kids fast food. There's a lot of transition for most of us just in that choice. The stuff has real-deal, hard to kick, addictive properties. Don't underestimate the power of chemicals. Just refer to it as the crack that it is and it helps. ;)
You may think that changing your lifestyle is too hard. But "hard" is being sick every day of your life. "Hard" is watching disease and addiction steal, kill and destroy people you love. "Hard" is cancer, diabetes and countless childhood disorders. Eating real food is not hard. Wash your face and open your eyes....one meal at a time. This view is great! ~Sarah