Day 100 - My Throne

A long day of elections had me thinking about how man battles to be on the throne.  The throne of public office, the throne of others lives, the throne of our own life.  An illustration I saw some time ago comes to mind - it is a throne with various areas of life surrounding the throne and the question of who or what is on the throne of your life.  I think - make that know - that at times I have had food and shopping seated in that central position of my life.  It is always painful to evaluate a day, a week, or a month and see what I have spent the most time thinking about, spending money on, working for, 'obsessed' with.  This is true especially knowing that God - the Great I AM, knows that only if I place the LORD in that central place, will I find all that I am searching for - destiny, fulfillment, delight, joy, satisfaction, peace.

His name Yeshev - Enthroned One in I Kings 22:19 - "Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne with all the host of heaven standing around him on his right and on his left. " reminds me of the 'support team' that is there for me.  The word enthroned also means more than to be seated as administrative and legislative authorities of the world are 'seated' in high places.  Those seatings are always temporary in nature - temporary even if they are for the person's life, compared to Yeshev the Enthroned One.  He alone is said to remain - to dwell - to abide (fill, live, inhabit, be at home), and to stay.  This is a permanent enthroning - just as when He came into my life to make His abode - it was a permanent enthroning. 

Romans 8:35 asks the question,  "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?" and the question is answered in Romans 8: 38 and 39: "For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Even though God has total jurisdiction to control every area of my life, He chose to create me with the ability to choose - to open the door to each area of my life to Him - or not.

Though I began today pre-planning and bringing boiled eggs, a favorite cranberry tuna salad, a greens bar and plenty of beverage, I did not make the best choices for me.  First, the greens bar was a brand I'd not had before and despite it tasting like medicine, I tried to finish it.  That old habit of not wasting got me a stomach ache. Then I let the drafty building influence me to want something warm and want it immediately.  I could have had Ken take me home and warm up leftovers, make some tea, or even turn up the heat in the car, but I chose to request he take me to Wendy's for a baked potato and chicken nuggets for my protein.  This might not have been a bad choice for others, but with my wheat allergy I wheezing seconds after I finished eating.  I also have a sensitivity to milk protein so the sour cream topped potato was not the brightest choice for an already aching stomach.  So through that lengthy summation, I'm sure you see what I see - me on the throne - front and center - I feel - I want - I want now.

 Cranberry Tuna Salad - I love this stuff.  It is a lot like the salad at Whole Foods but I probably add a few more cranberries.  It has very light mayo (a teaspoon to a can of tuna) thinned with lemon juice.  Onions and cranberries were the only embellishments today.

I had this for breakfast because I dropped the boiled egg on the gym floor.  While admitting I have a finish the food problem, I have a zero tolerance for food that hit the floor.

Wendy's baked potato with sour cream and chives.  Chicken Nuggets.  A good bargain but not the best choice for me and my food sensitivities.

Dinner was a better choice and my stomach is already thanking me. Abundance from yesterday of roasted chicken, baby portabellas, sugar snap peas and brocolli.  Side dish is Edamame Greek Salad from Sunday.

To help prevent future unnecessary stomach aches, I'm making a list of good choices from various fast food places, so I can enjoy them when I need to.  Tea bags will be a purse essential too. Maybe I'm fortunate my body reacts so quickly and painfully - it should help remind me how treacherous and untrustworthy feelings can be.