This weekend celebrates Christ’s suffering and resurrection.   Jesus took a cruel and painful punishment, suffering hell for me.  Isaiah 53:5 is, “But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins.  He was beaten so we could be whole.  He was whipped so we could be healed. (Holy Bible, New Living Translation, 1996, 2004, 2007).  

Through His pain and resurrection, I am healed from my sin.  Now through Him, I can quit sinning.  I do consider it sin to eat food my body does not need.  I am powerless to stop eating excess food on my own.  With Christ, I am delivered from this urge as long as I depend on Him.  On this most holy of days, I think of the great price paid so I can be free.   This helps me to focus on Him and enjoy an Easter Sunday without obsessing over chocolate.  God is so much greater than all the chocolate and junk food in the world.  He fills me like food never did.