You REALLY ARE What you Eat..Part III

Click here if you missed Part II or Part I .

I also learned something that is important to ME...keep in mind, that I am NOT judging anyone else by what I do for myself! --I am just telling you that this is what works for ME! I have had to cut out a good portion of television for myself-and sometimes I abstain from it completely for days or weeks at a time.

Why, you may ask? Televison has a way of sucking the time away in the evenings and weekends with nothing but a vast emptiness to show for it.(And the main reason that I do not have cable TV) I only have limited amount of time each day, after working, family time, school, and homework-why would I give up what little time I have each day, when I could be in the Word learning more about God, to choose to sit and idly watch some inane sitcom? My mind and spiritual life fares much better digesting the Word unadulterated.. mixed with the cussing, and sleazy speech and actions seen on the TV, it is not a good blend!

Don't misunderstand...from time to time I do 'veg out' in front of the tube, but not on a regular basis. It steals too much precious time from my life.

"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things." Phillipians 4:8

I also learned a radical thought...radical to me at that time...as much as I love and enjoy the friendships and camaraderie I've established with the women at church, it is not nearly as important to be at church as it is to be the church to the world. How do I 'be the church' in my everyday life? The scriptures give us some instruction:

"My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you" John 15:12

"If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth" I John 3:17, 18

"Instead speaking the truth in love we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work." Ephesians 4:15, 16

"Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God." Ephesians 5:1

So for me, feeding myself a regular diet of the Word everyday keeps me happy, and effective being focused on Him. It works for me! When I slack in up in my reading and/or my prayer life for whatever reason, boy can I tell! Whew, let me tell ya, it's not pretty! The more I get into the Word, the more I desire, and actually need it...sounds weird, huh?

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*BTW, the "Feed me, Seymour" reference mentioned in
Part I is from the 1986 movie, "Little Shop of Horrors", with Levi Stubbs, lead singer of the Four Tops, as the voice of 'Audrey II,' the plant demanding to be fed by Seymour. You'd have to see it to understand the humor.