Food for Thought: May 1st

We Are Insatiable

Those of us who overeat compulsively can never be satisfied with food, no matter how much we eat. As we work the program, we discover (if we had not known it before) that we are insatiable in other areas, too. No amount of anything satisfies us for long; we soon need more.

We are each created with a spiritual longing which is not filled by anything temporal. What St. Augustine said hundreds of years ago - that our hearts are restless until they find their rest in God - is equally true today. 

Spiritual food is required to satisfy our spiritual hunger. The fruits of this world are good in their proper place, but when we idolize them we sell ourselves short. Created things in and of themselves are not enough; our hearts can accept nothing less than communion with the Creator.

We are children of God, and the things of this world do not fully satisfy us.

May we find our true rest and satisfaction in You.

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When my disease of compulsive overeating is in charge, there is no such thing as 'enough'.  No matter how much I eat, I never feel 'full' because it's not my stomach that is hungry; it is my spirit.  Excess food only provides a temporary cure for what ails me, so its effects are short lived, leading me back for more more more.

When I feel excessively 'hungry', I repeat the 5th step prayer:

God, I offer myself to Thee, to build with me

And to do with me as Thou wilt.

Relieve me of the bondage of self that I may better do Thy will.

Take away my difficulties that victory over them

May bear witness to those I would help

Of Thy power,

Thy Love,

And Thy way of life.

May I do Thy will always.

For today, may I rest in the true satisfaction of of God, and realize that all the food in the world will never take the place of Him.