Wisconsin is kicking my butt, because I am letting it. It's time to step it up.
Many of you may or may not know that I spent a great deal of 2 years figuring out how to deal with my diet and acid reflux problems. For the last, I would say, 8 to 10 months I have had zero problems whatsoever. In fact, I found my medication when I was packing and had forgotten that I used to take it. How cool is that?
What had I done differently? I had basically adopted a whole new lifestyle. I was eating right, and exercising hard core. It all actually started with that Daniel fast and from there I just maintained what was working well. Eating God's way… not my own way.
Well, vacation hits as it always does and I begin to take a few liberties here and there. A few nights back I felt a little sick and I got to thinking about what I had eaten the last few days. I could do nothing but crack up because I had eaten nothing but complete garbage. Soon the "no big deal" stuff had become the only deal, and was a huge deal. In my head, I said ok, but did I really change anything? No.
A few more days pass and I got super sick. Probably the 2nd or 3rd worst acid reflux reaction ever. For a while I thought, "Wow, this came out of nowhere". I realized I have no reason to be surprised. Yes, something definitely was a huge trigger that I wasn't aware of, but were all the other things preceding that a surprise? No.
The whole experience was extremely humbling and I was reminded that I am not indestructible. Even if it isn't with food, the point I am trying to make is that, if God tells me or you to do something, and you slowly keep doing other stuff, there is no reason to be surprised when it kicks you in the butt.
What are you letting in that is slowly kicking your butt?
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