Diet update

I started this update several weeks ago and just realized I never published it.  Sorry if I talked to you about the update and you had no idea what I was talking about! 

Over a month ago we had our Sunday School picnic.  We had been strict on our diet with no exceptions for about a month.  I thought I would make a special “Ultra Healthy” dessert as a treat, surely a healthy treat would be fine.  Here were the ingredients…

Home canned peaches

The juice from the canned peaches (with very little honey)

Natural peanut butter (peanuts and salt, nothing else)

Oatmeal

So!  What do you think?  Pretty simple?  How can that hurt anybody?

WELL!  Thankfully it wasn’t the complete emotional meltdown that we had earlier from typical “loaded” desserts, but we DID have a bad day on Monday.  In general this child has been much easier to handle since we’ve been strict with no exceptions, though he still doesn’t fit “in the box.”  Anyway, though it wasn’t a complete breakdown, we had constant problems and instead of responding to discipline he just kept getting more angry and then into more trouble.  I spent plenty of time in prayer seeking grace and wisdom to get me through the day.

So here we are, at least now I know what we need to do to help him have the best opportunity to feel well and learn to the best of his ability. 

It strikes me as an analogy.  I hardly believed that fruit and a little sweetener could affect someone so much.  I believed the desserts part, but not necessarily how badly 1 or 2 desserts can affect someone.  It wasn’t till I submitted and followed through with the diet that I was able to “see” the light!  How true is that in our walk with the Lord.  We have a hard time believing that doing something God’s way will be good for us but when we submit to Him and do it His way then our eyes are opened and we can “see” clearly!

Speaking of “seeing” things.  I can’t see the computer when my eyes keep closing of their own accord so I guess I should go for now!  Hopefully the children will start finishing some posts soon so this blog stays active, I seem to have less and less time these days!