Monday, March 31, 2008

God and Our Eating

Sunday we begin 3 weeks on the "stuff of life".
April 6: God and our Eating
April 13: God and our Work
April 20: God and our Sleep

While I won't be able to go in-depth on any of these... I will be seeking to point you to Christ-centered resources along the way

here is a wonderfully gospel-centered testimony of a woman recovering from food idolatry
excerpt: Food is my comfort and the source of my private joys; food is my penance and the place where I am punished; it offers a standard by which I can measure success or failure in my own terms. This idol has promised to mold me and make me—not after its will, but after my own will. As Ed Welch says, “The purpose of all idolatry is to manipulate the idol for our own benefit.”

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