Narrator: Tap, Tap, Tap...
Me: Yes, God.
God: It's time to do something about your self-control with food. I see it has become something you worship over me.
Me: I think you are right God, now what?
Finally after months of tapping and prodding, my heart responded. I choose to give up snacking after 7pm. I noticed that after the kids go to bed was the worst time for me to have a lack of self-control with my food. I had three very dear friends who did this with me (bless their hearts....I had weeks to think about this and I pitched it to them and they started the next day....very impressive) We decided to do it for 40 days and see what we learned from God in the process.
After day 4, it was getting really easy for me....actually I stopped craving food at night and was content with water with a squirt of real lemon. Around day 5 or so, a friend was presenting a project for "Five Aspects of Woman Study" (I highly recommend that every woman take this course if its ever offered at your church....just amazing! I did post a couple of posts from the study if you would like a preview Week 1 and Week 2) and she made soap for the class. Being very old fashioned and loving to do things the "old, traditional" way, I hunted her down after class and set up a time to learn how to make soap. This future friend, Holly, also mentioned a connection to an Amish family (no we are not becoming Amish :) ...good guess though....I just love how the Amish know how to do so many things without the use of electric and it intrigues me....this connection will be described more in other posts)
Soap night came and I was pumped. I actually had no idea what God had in store for me this night...I thought I was going there to learn how to make soap free of toxins and carcinogenics. While we were waiting for the soap parts to melt, I asked Holly about a cookbook she had on her counter. It was called "Nourishing Traditions". We got to talking and she started telling me about a dentist who was in search of the causes of dental decay and physical degeneration that he observed in his dental practice in the early 1900's. It was fascinating what some of his findings were from uncivilized cultures around the world. You can read more about him here.
Sad to report, we forgot a key ingredient in the soap and it did not turn out :( But I think God did not intend for us to make a good soap that night (then we had an excuse to do it again) but for Him to open my eyes to a whole new world.
I naturally came home to research for myself all that Holly had shared with me. This would be the beginning of a three week nutrition study, about three hours a day. I felt like I was putting myself through nutrition college. I researched the pros and cons of so many things. I spent most of my time here. What I found in those three weeks, was life changing for this family forever.
This was the literal start of the adventure...unfortunately, I am an "all or nothing" girl and this one I gave my ALL. (I say unfortuately because it left my family in a little bit of shock...especially my hubby who could not keep up with what I was learning)
The next post will reveal the adventure so stay tuned............
We did finally have success with the soap on another night. I am hoping to host a night/class to make some soon. Big Daddy and Big Bub are in the process of making some soap molds for me :)
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