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Hey ladies
Let's talk about FEAR. It’s the feeling created by uncertainty of what is coming next. It’s stepping into the unknown, without a lamp, not being able to see where your feet must step in this darkness.
This fear manifested in my eating habits.
I have lately been fearful in my journey. My controlling nature wants to know what’s coming next, what should I do next, how will this journey not end up failing like previous ones?
This fear manifested in my eating habits. I didn’t know the future and therefore, I controlled the one thing I knew I had control over: food. Sometimes that ‘control’ was more like lack of control, it wasn't I who controlled food but food who controlled me.
How could I still be struggling and falling back if I’ve almost completed 40 days of an overeating journey? Am I a hypocrite? These are the questions I kept on asking myself, wondering if this journey was really worth the blood, sweat and tears.
I knew I had to trust God and allow Him to lead but a part of me was still unsure. Why did I journey this long if I would just fall back again?
Despite failing, I was reminded that I can’t be separated from God’s love (Rom 8: 35-39).
The thing about habits, are that they are continual. I replaced a bad habit with a new one. The bad habit has ruled over my life for years, but now I have to keep on practicing the good habit so that it can become a part of my life for the years to come. An athlete doesn’t quit after winning one golden medal at the Olympics. He/she continues to practice and endure the pain in order to excel again. In the same way, we are victorious. Therefore, we shouldn’t quit after overcoming but we should rather keep pressing on, practicing what God has taught us.
In the midst of this uncertainty, I found grace and abundant love. Despite failing, I was reminded that I can’t be separated from God’s love (Rom 8: 35-39).
Today, I want to challenge you ladies to voice your fears. Fear can only keep you imprisoned if you feed it. Feeding fear can mean that you never talk to anyone about your fears, you continually return to fearing-situations or you simply have no knowledge about what the fear is or what it is causing.
Write down your fears and ask God to show you the root and tell you His truth through scripture. Write down that truth on a sticky note, stick the note on your mirror and read it every morning.
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7).
Lots of love
Inge xx
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