I've been thinking a lot about how I spend my time, & what my focus is on during the day...Raw living takes more time than SAD eating for food prep, plus I'm reading a fair amount about it on a regular basis, to keep learning (& stay focused!), & am spending time each day on Raw Food Talk, for support, encouragement, & to help others, & to keep learning...
I'm also exercising daily, {thought the day, can't do too much in a row} & am reading & trying new recipes.
What I've been seeing is that I need to strive to get & keep my focus on spiritual things more than physical...the Bible says, "Food for the belly, the belly for foods, but all these things will pass away..." & "Seek ye FIRST the Kingdom of God, & His righteousness..."
I'm realizing that it's so easy to have this way of living take as much focus & energy as my walk with God used to...in fact, my prayer life has changed, & even suffered some from all the time I'm investing in getting healthy...& often my conversations with people are about health & nutrition more than the things of God...& my concern for people has been about their health problems more than their souls lately. This has even affected the way I'm praying!
I've been under conviction about this for a little while now...I know as more & more weight comes off, there will be many more conversations about it, & more people I can help...so I want to really learn now to keep my focus on what matters eternally more than the temporal concerns we all have...
...after all, the purpose of my looking after the temple of the Holy Spirit (my body!) is to be able to serve God more effectively, for ALL the time God has originally planned for me to be here!
{I just read a study that said vegetarians live, on average, 5 years longer than carnivores, & vegans, 15 years! I have no doubt that RAW vegans extend their lifespans even longer than that!}
I just want every day to count for eternity, & don't want to spend inordinate amounts of time focused on the things of the flesh! One day I know I'll be in my glorified, resurrected body, & all the things I have going on in this body will be irrelevant & forgotten!
So all this is just to say, I'm going to begin sharing more of the things God is teaching on this journey back to health, & less about the natural realm...k?
Yes, I'll still share the things I'm learning & doing, & what RAW is doing in me...just not to the exclusion of what God is doing in me!
February 26, 2008
Where is our focus?
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Anastasia, what you describe is not a bad thing. It is helping you get healthy. It is natural to focus on it for a while. Eventually you will get bored of always talking about food, and raw, etc., and start seeking other more important topics. Don't worry about it. You are following the natural progression of the process.
Thanks for the comment (whooever you are!)...I didn't mean that it's a BAD thing, but it's definately been brought to my attention by the Holy Spirit that it IS imbalanced in my life lately...I don't think I'll ever get bored with it, or discussing it, in fact, I believe I'll be helping many get heathly, once i've been fully RAWstored...but all I was trying to say was that people's soul's (& spiritual condition) are more important than their bodies.
I guess seeing this, IS part of the natural progression, for me...I just need to keep my main focus God, not all this.
~Anastazia~
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