Daily Devotion John 8:31-32

Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;  And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. -John 8:31-32


So, here's where the rubber meets the road:  In the week since I started this devotion, I've lost 5 pounds.  I've been exercising about 30 minutes a day.  Some of the pains in my joints from the epstein barr have gone away (not all of them, but some of them).  There's been no magic bullet or miracle food or miracle pill that I've been taking.  It's not like I've been killing myself in exercising like I used to when I was in my 20s.  I haven't been starving myself or denying myself.  This is where it gets hard to explain.  I don't feel like I'm doing anything at all that I didn't do before.  I actually had some icecream the other day (gasp).  I think that chick from the biggest loser definitely would have been yelling at me over that.  I have been praying for the Lord to guide my eating.  I actually stop when I don't need to eat anymore.  I do a Bible study in the afternoon instead of surfing the refrigerator (that's the only time that I do deny myself because mid afternoon eating has always been my downfall, so I'm learning to lean on God for strength and to not indulge at that time of the day).  I knew the truth before, but now I'm letting it set me free from the hold of gluttony.  Praise God.