Day 294: Be Careful what You Pray for, You may get it! Devotions for the Menopausal Woman

Read: Galatians 5:17-23

Be Careful What You Pray For, You May Get it!

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance and: against such there is no law” (Galatians 5:22-23).

My weight has been a bone of contention all my life. The funny thing is, I have never been overweight, and to those who are, I must sound ridiculous and slightly obsessive. In fact many might say I have OCD tendencies. Much of my “avoirdupois” (access weight), is solely dependent on my hormones and how I perceive things at the time. Today I might believe I am the Good Year Blimp, and tomorrow I will think I’m looking pretty good.

On my bad days, I spend a lot of time praying that God would change me, that he would shut my mouth so I can’t pour food into it. I’d murmur and complain because He is not giving me the strength I need to overcome my lack of self-control.

The last laugh is on me, when about a year ago I lost all sense of taste and smell. Can you believe it; it didn’t stop me from eating. Suddenly I realized I was the problem, not God’s lack of attention. I had a self-control issue and I finally had to admit it.

Stubborn as I am, it was discovered recently I had a food intolerance to almost everything. Guess what, I am no longer pigging out on everything I can find.

Hot Flash: Be careful what you pray for, you may get it. God revealed to me my self-control problem and how it bleeds over to every area in my life.

Prayer: Father, thank you for doing what’s necessary to get my attention. Help me to listen more closely to your still small voice. You are great and worthy of praise. Amen.