For Today: December 22nd

Never be in a hurry, do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inward peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.  Commend all to God, and then lie still and be at rest in His bosom.

St. Francis de Sales

Inward peace is not easily come by for a compulsive overeater.  Stuffing down anxiety and fear with food gives an illusion of calm, but food as an anesthetic has the shortest lifespan of all the addictive substances.

How, then, do I maintain inward peace?  The same way I remain abstinent---by giving everything to God: my fears, my worries, my life.  I abandon all efforts to control, to force life to conform to my will.  And I rest as peacefully as an infant in its mother’s arms.

For Today:  The twelve-step program might well be called a set of instructions for finding----and keeping-------inward peace.

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Today this reading is exactly what I need to hear. Facing a medical crisis with my elderly folks, I could really use some inward peace.........

In a situation such as this, where things are out of my hands & I have no control, all I CAN do is have faith that God will bring us through it whole & intact.


During times of high anxiety & stress, I do not tend to overeat; instead, I stay 100% true to my food plan. This is my way of preventing the stress from bringing me down.  


While I can't control the outcome of God's will, I CAN control my food intake & thereby, maintain control of MYSELF.


For today, I pray to have a calm spirit,  to commend all to God, and then lie still and be at rest in His bosom.