Food for Thought

Our Daily Bread

Doing the will of our Higher Power each day is what sustains us. We trust Him to provide the food we need, both physical and spiritual. We do not have to be anxious about our supply for the future. If we seek to do God's will today. He will take care of us in the future as well.

Anxiety over material things arises when we forget to stay in touch with the source of our existence. By ourselves, we cannot even assure an adequate intake of oxygen; much less all of the other elements we need for survival. Since we are dependent on our environment to sustain us, we make life extremely difficult when we try to live a self-centered existence.

Our daily sustenance comes from a Power greater than ourselves. As children of God, we have faith that He will take care of us. Exaggerated emotional dependence on physical food blocks us from the spiritual nourishment, which our Higher Power offers us today and every day.

Give us this day our daily bread.

From Food for Thought: Daily Meditations for Overeaters by Elisabeth L. ©1980, 1992 by Hazelden Foundation.

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When I was eating compulsively, I lived a self-centered existence............I lived inside my own head, where there was no room for anything or anyone, just addiction.  I forgot about God, thinking all I needed for existence was FOOD! Boy was I wrong.

My daily sustenance comes from God, and food is only there for nourishment of my physical body.  I need far fewer calories to sustain me than I may THINK I need, too. Some protein, a bunch of vegetables, a couple of fruits and perhaps a whole grain now & then.  That's about it. 

For today, I have no exaggerated emotional dependence on physical food, which blocks us from the spiritual nourishment I need from God.