Day 30 - Purging

One more day to go in the first month of A Year at The Lord's Table. Today I spent purging the cupboards and some of the freezer of things I no longer want to eat and things my body no longer seems to want. One of the biggest surprises was the bit of chocolate I thought I'd have for a MUFA (sounds like a good reason, right) each day... but my body rejected it with a major stomach ache from an ounce of yumminess! Ah, well. I'd rather have the body get over this and go without chocolate for awhile if that is the deal. I wonder if it is not the chocolate, but the sugar in those little processed goodies. Nothing wrong with the idea, or with the bite-a-night idea, just not working for me right now. In a week or two I will try to make some homemade chocolate something with Agave Nectar and see how that works. Maybe even a chocolate-avocado smoothie! For now I am content with cleaner cupboards, a more organized spice cupboard, less in the freezer, a new cookbook (and goodies ready to share tomorrow).

Of course, spiritually purging is healthy too - there's a lot of unhealthy processing that daily time with the names of God is re-initializing.

Adonai – Lord (plural), Master - our Sovereign - from  2Samuel 7:18 -  "Then David the king went in and sat before the LORD, and he said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that Thou hast brought me this far?"

Lord means controller... Master means husband / chief man /archer (the person in control - the one who rules) ...and Sovereign is absolute and universally pre-eminent.  It's pretty clear that if I want to be what I was created to be, Who needs to become and remain #1 in my life (hint - it isn't me).  This reminds me of a poem a while back about God being the archer of my heart.  I had found that God alone was capable of arousing that deeper, spiritual love that nothing or no one on earth could. I think it was because the arrow of His love pierced my brokenness and planted a kernel... a mustard-seed of Himself that is capable of moving mountains.

David's prayer from this verse is my prayer too - said with full amazement that God Almighty would choose to be my Lord, Master and Sovereign. Next amazing thought is that he gave me free will to 'open the door and let' Him come into each area of my life It's kind of like getting an extreme home-makeover to make room for Him to live here in my body-His temple. Just watched the Extreme show tonight and one of the 'stars' made a comment (to some young girls struggling with self-esteem) that struck me spiritually. She said we can change our hair and our skin with some work, but we still won't like who we see in the mirror if the inside isn't changed. What an awesome reminder to first have some time with the Lord every morning - then focus on the outside and plan for the day and the food. And once I see one room done, I am so excited to see the rest of God's plan for me unfold step-by-step. I can hardly wait.

Breakfast: Boiled egg and julienned sweet potatoes

Lunch:Corned Beef and sauerkraut topped with mozzerella cheese. Side are sweet potato slices. It is so obvious that I finally found a mandoline that slices sweet potatoes :) Tomorrow I hope to get some zucchinni.

Dinner: Half of a spinach-and-cheese oval - breaded with cornbread. Not as good as yesterday's meat and veggie breaded dinner. Sides of salad with avocado and lime juice and 2 ham balls for additional protein. Finished the caramel smoothie from yesterday's lunch.