If I think long enough, I can create 100 different reasons to overeat. These “excuses” don’t erase the excess food I stuff down my body. All they do is help me feel better about slipping. I convince myself that eating too much just this once is not wrong. For me, eating too much once makes me do it again. These “excuses” set me up to fail again.

2 Corinthians 4:8 is, “We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. (Holy Bible, New Living Translation, 2015). Because of God, I have a source of light in the midst of suffering. I no longer face any pain alone. This takes away all the old excuses for emotional eating. Only God can relieve pain and take away my urge to overeat. I rise above stress when I turn to Him instead of food.