For Today: March 1st.

For Today: March 1^st

All things are possible until they are proved impossible—and even the impossible may only be so, as of now.

Pearl S. Buck

If I set my sights short with the thought that weight loss is enough, I may never life life to its fullest, enjoying its pleasures & gifts. I was not meant to live in spiritual poverty. God’s gifts are mine for the taking, to be kept only by sharing them with others.

If today it seems impossible to be free of my most deeply-rooted faults, I accept that reality only for today. Tomorrow takes care of itself, and there is every reason to believe all things are possible. Have I not received gifts I once thought were impossible?

For Today: If abstinence with peace of mind and physical wellbeing Is possible, can anything be impossible?
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Amazing Grace, by John Newton

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound

That saved a wretch like me.

I once was lost but now am found,

Was blind, but now I see.

What an appropriate song to convey the message of the For Today reading!  I once WAS lost, in the fog of compulsive overeating, where addiction ruled with an iron fist & serenity  & spirituality were nowhere to be found.  Only through Abstinence have I learned HOW to live, one day at a time, without the chains of addiction weighing me down.

“Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,

And mortal life shall cease,

I shall possess within the veil,

A life of joy and peace.”

Isn’t this the purpose of life on earth? To find & hold onto Joy & Peace? Through God’s amazing grace & the programs of Medifast & OA, I have found Joy & Peace & I will hold onto them for dear life. 

I once thought losing weight & keeping it off was impossible. The thought of 'never' eating another cookie or slice of pie was just too overwhelming & final; what was the point of living like that? Deprived & miserable. Little did I know that my life of over-indulgence was the Deprived & Miserable life! When I choose to live my life One Day at a Time, I can do ANYTHING! I don't know if I will 'never' have another cookie or slice of pie again; but I DO know that for today, I choose to stay Abstinent.

Yesterday is gone & tomorrow isn't here yet. I will focus on the next 24 hours only. When I take that attitude towards life, NOTHING is impossible or undoable!

For Today, I pray that I may not be weary, disillusioned, or disappointed. I pray that I may not put my trust in the ways of the world, but in the way of the spirit. that I may not be weary, disillusioned, or disappointed. I pray that I may not put my trust in the ways of the world, but in the way of the spirit.