You are what you eat!

Okay so you remember the famous saying, "you are what you eat" right? When I was younger I thought it was just something people said literally. Didn't really make since to me... I eat a carrot and then all of a sudden I'm a carrot? Haha, but then I started to get it as a got a little older. If you eat healthy you'll be healthy. If you eat potato chips... you might be a couch potato. AHA! So of course like most people I tend to TRY to eat relatively healthy and when I don't I suffer the consequences!


My soul is starved and hungry, ravenous! -- insatiable for your nourishing commands.

--Psalm 119:20 The Message

I kind of feel the same way about what you fill your mind/thoughts with. If they are consumed with "junk" then it will directly influence your life. When you fill your life up with a bunch of "junk" your focus stops being on what is important. I've noticed this in my own life. When I spend time running around doing meaningless things (facebook for hours, watching tv, reading tabloids) I not only waste vaulable time but my head is filled up with all these useless things. Then we tend to wonder why we stop growing in Christ. We can't figure out why we are stuck in a rut or why things that mattered before you can't seem to keep sight of.



When you maintain focus on good things: God, relationships, and others your life is more fufilling. Your life is a lot more healthy. Your outlook on things are clearer, you are less confused, you are happier, and less stressed. When you put time into godly things your relationship with Christ will shoot up like a weed. Okay weeds aren't a good thing. How about... it will shoot up like a sunflower! :)

Some more food for thought: what else do you have to do to keep yourself healthy (physically and spiritually)? DING DING! Exercise! That is pretty self explainable for your physical well being but what about spiritually? In addition to those godly things that you fill your life up with, you also need to "exercise" your faith. You need to make sure you are taking time to spend time with God, to pray, to spend time with other Christians! Pairing the two of them will leave you with the best result: a close relationship with our crazy cool Father!

Jesus said to them: 'I am the bread of life. He that comes to me will not get hungry at all, and he that exercises faith in me will never get thirsty at all.' - John 6:35

I'm guilty of not always feeding on what's spiritually good for me and I fall short on exercising my faith too. I've found that when you let yourself get off track it becomes difficult to get back in to the habit of doing what is healthy. To keep myself in check I try to journal during my quiet time and throughout the day when I get a chance! Doing so focuses my thoughts on what is good and helps me collect my thoughts! An added benefit is that I can track my growth as a Christian! What works for you!?