The past couple weeks me and a friend decided to have no desserts from Thanksgiving till Christmas Eve. It's a tough month to not be eating all the cookies and candy people just give you. Today at work I was given a bar of chocolate and a cup full of candy. But what I've realized is that self control is very much like a muscle. It needs to be worked to have any strength. I feel pretty empowered and strong when I say no. I didn't think I would be like that. I've always said I had little or no self control, whether it was over what I was eating or my emotions. It's been really wonderful to realize that I can say no. I can stop a downward spiral of emotions before I hurt someone. I can limit what I eat.
'The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control.' Galatians 5: 22-23 Just because it's listed last doesn't mean it's not important.
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