My heart was once in love with food.  I began my day planning meals and dreaming of sweets.  Meal planning turned into lusting after my favorite foods.  After a meal, I patiently waited for the next one.  As the day went on, I constantly ate, snacking between meals and grazing as I prepared dinner.  My mind continuously focused on food.  Even in church, I dreamed of what I could eat for lunch instead of listening to what God was saying to me.

Jeremiah 31:3 is, “Long ago the Lord said to Israel: ‘I have loved you, my people with an everlasting love.  With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself.'” (Holy Bible, New Living Translation, 2007). God has always loved me and longed for me to call out to Him instead of food.  I never heard His voice calling out for me because I was too busy chasing food.  I kept stuffing food down my body to satisfy spiritual and emotional needs.  Even after God showed me I was hungry for Him, I continued to seek food.

God never gives up.  He continually guides me to walk away from food and trust in Him alone.  His love can break through the most stubborn heart, like mine, to finally set down excess food.  Today, I seek God to fill me instead of food.  I eat to satisfy my body and not to feed emotions.  Only God’s love can make my heart seek Him instead of food.