We're all in this together!!!

When you read this title, did any of you think of "High School Musical"? :)

Well, actually I wrote this post because I have found that when I have shared on my blog about my food struggle many readers (well, maybe not many readers), a few readers have commented that they share the same struggle. Really, millions of women share this struggle with me. I have been learning a lot in the last month, mostly I am realizing how much spiritual bondage I am in with this food addiction. What I would like to do today is share some quotes from the book, "A Woman of Moderation"... I hope these quotes will speak to some of you that are going through the same kind of struggle I am... Really, I hope the quotes can encourage everyone :)

This is a quote from Mike Cleveland, the founder of "Setting Captives Free"...
It is important to understand that it is not enough to stop running to food when we are not actually physically hungry, but to start running to God. (GOOD QUOTE)

Me again...The book talks a lot about the spiritual discipline of fasting. Fasting
is something I feel like God has been wanting to teach me about for a few years now, but I just seem to find a way to ignore it. The book I am reading now talks a lot about fasting...Here is an awesome quote from John Piper and his book, "A Hunger for God".... (this first part is not part of Piper's quote) Our problem is that we are often hungrier for other things than we are for God-so we engage in all kinds of idolatry. (this is Piper's quote) "Desires for other things"-there's the enemy. And the only weapon that will triumph is a deeper hunger for God. The weakness of our hunger for God is not because he is unsavory, but because we keep ourselves stuffed with "other things." Perhaps, then, the denial of our stomach's appetite for food might express, or even increase, our soul's appetite for God."

ME SPEAKING AGAIN... WOW, Piper's quote really convicted me, and he is exactly right about what he said when it comes to my life. I fill myself up with so much of what the world has to offer (and I am talking about good things, not sinful things), that I leave little room for God to be my all consuming passion.

Well, I will close for now... I hope you will be encouraged in your individual journeys with whatever has you bound as you remember God is greater than any of your strongholds...

(I just had to do this :) Below you will see the video to "We're All In This Together"... It is such a peppy song that you will probably just smile watching it.