FOOD FOR THOUGHT - OA OCTOBER

[MajestyJo]

Friday, October 17, 2014

You are reading from the book Food for Thought

Seeking the Best

We will never be satisfied with less than the best. When we were overeating, we may have settled for less than we were capable of being and achieving, but we were not happy about it. There is something in each of us that hungers for maximum growth and development.

When we stop drugging ourselves with food, we become aware of new possibilities and areas of growth. By controlling our disease, we release potential that had been buried under our obsession. As we come to know our Higher Power through this program, our appetite for the best is reawakened. Though we realize we will never achieve perfection, we are challenged to be and do the best that we can, just for today.

The best force there is directs lives that are committed to the care of God. Only by dedication to knowing and doing His will is our search satisfied.

We seek You, Lord.

Food became our god. The God of our understanding is all powerful and able to abstain us. The Bible says, "Thou shall not put any other 'gods' before me." Many times we places ourselves in that position, only to fail, and wonder why, not realizing that that it could all be put under the label of 'control' and the unwillingness to let go and let God. Seek God, and leave it with Him instead of taking it home with us.