Fat Man 3

If you've read this blog, you've seen the posts about "The Fat Man"....Well, I'm here to tell you, that because of said alter ego; I have to give myself shots in the stomach. Not insulin, but a medicine that is supposed to control my appetite and make sure that I don't eat too much.

In the end, there was no one else to blame-I could if I wanted to, but in the end the fault is my own. I did not take care of myself in the way that I should and now I am paying the price for that abuse. And it affects every part of my life, not just my physical health. This is the "wake-up call" that my physicians are giving me to take care of myself or I will be taken care of (by my body breaking down faster than it should).

But just as there was a punishment for me letting myself physically, there is a punishment for those of us who let ourselves go spiritually. I wish there was a medication that we could take to that could control our "appetites" for the things of this world, but there isn't. So then God designed a way to control ourselves, and that is the Holy Spirit, which acts as a guide to let us know what not to do and when not to do it.

But in the end when we don't take care to listen to the Spirit, what happens is that the voice becomes smaller and smaller and we end up a slave to the things that we shouldn't and it begins to destroy us, our families, our relationships etc....And we pay the price in every area of our life. When this happens, it should act as our "wake-up" call to get ourselves back in the right relationship with God or end up being taken care of (either by something happening to us or by God stopping us and putting a halt to our dangerous activity).

So like the old commercial used to say: "You can pay a little now, or a lot later"....in my case it is to discipline myself into eating better and taking care of the body God has given. In your case, it may well be discipline yourself spiritually and taking care of the Spirit that He has given to you. And oh by the way, if you don't, there will be no one else to blame but yourself.....