I learned this week not to "eat my seed". In my women's bible study class, we are studying the Psalms of Ascent. In one of the lessons, the text took us to the parable about the sowing of the seed. You know the one in Mark 4 that I was studying earlier. I never understood why God would teach me something or I could learn something, understand it, but not see the results, whether its weight loss or discipline or forgiveness, or self-esteem issues any of the areas I struggle with...its because I ate the seed. I never planted it or let it grow to full maturity. That was so enlightening to me. I don't know if it had an impact on anyone else in the class, but it sure opened my eyes to the reason for some of my road blocks in life. I just love learning more and more about God's way. I am consistently learning that we are all wrong about how we do things. God has a TOTALLY different system. From this point on, I am going to do my best to sew my seed. Meaning....obedience. total obedience.
When I went in to work today, one of my co-workers presented me with a book called Satan, I am taking my health back. It is written by an african american man who lost several family members to colon cancer. He has devoted his life to research, not just of health and nutrition, but to education and other topics based. He based his love for unrelated topics on the scripture "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me". It was so exciting. I am a little like, who am I kidding, I am a lot like that. I love different topics, those unrelated to my field of study. I often want to explore different subjects and study them and share what I have learned with others. I ordered the book and am anxiously waiting on its arrival.
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