"Then
you will know the truth and the truth will set you free."
John 8:32
By Janet K. Brown
If
there is one truth I’ve learned since the Lord healed me of compulsive
overeating, it’s that I must be honest and real. That truth provides the basis
for my book Divine
Dining: 365 Devotions to Guide You to Healthier Weight and Abundant Wellness.
Despite the trusted belief to the
contrary, will power isn’t the answer for weight loss. My strong will power
fueled my disease. I reached two hundred, fifty pounds. By then, I was an
emotional wreck with thoughts of suicide. Food dominated everything I did.
I was a Christian, so I prayed for God to
help me, to stop the cravings, to take away the desire to overeat. Nothing
lasted. I rose from my knees to try another diet, to do it for myself. I could
tell you the caloric content of foods, what to eat and what to avoid. Knowledge
did not translate into success. My will power would last for days or for months,
but then it turned on me and pushed me to eat what I wanted, so that I regained
the weight, plus some. Nothing worked until I truly gave up trying and told God
if He didn't heal me, I was doomed. Desperation drives divine dining.
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Every week during a Christian weight loss
class, I soaked up the lessons presented. When the teacher moved, I continued
to teach the class. I lost weight in direct proportion to my reliance on
Christ. God healed me emotionally. While teaching this class, I also attended a
twelve-step Overeater’s Anonymous group. I tore down the idol of food and put
God on the throne of my heart.
In Divine Dining I teach principles from my
weight loss journey. Even now, after eighteen years, I read books and
literature over and over to keep me inspired. I have several daily devotion
books, some specifically for compulsive overeaters, but Divine Dining is the first one I’ve found that
combines a twelve-step approach with drawing closer to Christ and allowing Him
to take His rightful place in our lives.
A
few years ago, the Lord woke me in the middle of the night. My mind popped with
devotions. I wrote fourteen before I went back to bed. For four years, ideas
came to me. Sometimes I wrote one a day. Other times I wrote one a week. By the
time I had finished 300 devotions, I knew this wasn’t meant just for me. God
wanted me to share it. I started submitting. Pen-L Publishing released it in
December, 2012.
For one month only, Pen-L Publishing offers on Smashwords
a FREE devotion a day from Divine Dining.
Take advantage of this even if you’ve only thought about
losing weight God’s way. You can preview thirty of the devotions. If they
minister to you, then you might want to purchase the entire 365. There’s no
obligation. The devotions are FREE. All you must do is click on the link below
and download it.
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