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I have to share with you all that I’ve lost 15 pounds in the last couple of months! Woohoo!! I have tried diet after diet and I would lose some weight but as soon as the diet was finished, I would regain the weight.

Now, I feel that I’m free from the addiction I had to overeating! I have been doing an online class (which if FREE!) called The Lord’s Table. It’s a course offered at the Setting Captives Free website. It’s been AWESOME!!

And the best part is that I’ve been able to eat whatever I want! I’ve learned to eat to live instead of live to eat.

The course suggests that I fast one day a week. Two days I eat only half of each meal. Two days I eat only one meal and drink juice for the other two meals. And the other two days of the week, I eat regular meals. These days are alternated throughout the week.

I choose to fast on Sundays because that is when I rest and it is easier for me on that day. I have truly enjoyed those days of fasting. Not only has it helped in breaking my addiction to food, but it’s drawn me closer to God in the process.

I’ve learned through the whole process that God brings glory to Himself and will share His glory with no other. So, when I do something, like fasting, for His glory, He actually does all the work. I don’t have to turn down food in my own strength because He takes care of my desires.

I’ve also learned to feast on Jesus instead of food. By digesting His Word and meditating on His Truths, confessing my sin and falling in love with Him, I am satisfied and don’t need the food to fill me. The more I focus on Jesus, the more food just doesn’t really matter to me anymore. It’s an awesome revelation to be filled with Jesus to overflowing so that I don’t NEED ANYTHING else to fill my deepest longings. Food has often been a comfort to me and now I don’t need that comfort - I am comfortable in Jesus. I am satisfied.

Setting the Captives Free has other courses available to break addictions to pornography, drugs, alcohol, and smoking. Since each course provides a mentor for each student, they also provide mentorship courses for graduates of the basic courses. I’m currently taking the mentorship course and have learned even more through this course than I did in the first course. I look forward to mentoring others on their way to breaking their addiction to food.

They also have a children’s course to help them look at food in a healthy manner. All 3 of my children took the course and enjoyed it. It’s a great Bible study for kids!

I encourage you to check out this great free resource (they do accept donations which I encourage as well!) It has changed my life. I’ve never been more in love with Jesus than I am right now! I can’t wait to get up in the mornings just to spend time with Him.

Cindy

Psalms 19:1 (NASB) The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.

I enjoy getting up early in the morning to take pictures of the sunrise. I believe it’s God’s gift to me because no one else sees the same sunrise that I see, no matter where they are on earth.

And then I enjoy watching the sunsets in the afternoon. I enjoy spending time with God as I watch Him paint these beautiful masterpieces!

I have a whole site dedicated to these awesome works of art - Sonrises

The pictures in the upper right hand corner of this blog are from the Sonrises site. Every time you refresh this page, the picture should change. All these pictures were taken by me - usually from my back yard, but sometimes at the beach or somewhere else that I happen to be during the sunrise or sunset.

Here’s another that I took 10-16-05:

And this one is from this morning:

I hope you enjoy!

Cindy

HTML Training Course Online

I am posting my free HTML training class online at my website. You can still join our Yahoo Group for the lessons by email (by the way, we start the class over next week!) here. But, I also wanted to put the lessons online for those that want to work at a faster pace. I welcome your comments!

Cindy