Sin Is Like Sugar

My stomach is a bubbling mess at this moment and it is irritatingly uncomfortable. 

It's also the result of poor diet choices over the past few days. 

Kind of like when I make wrong choices, and despite how good it feels (and how good sugar tastes) 

I am miserable. Sin makes my soul sick like sugar makes my body sick. 

Sugar is addicting. Its sweet in my mouth. On my tongue. 

and the more I have it, the more I crave it. 

I am wretched at moderation. 

Sin is addicting. The more I give into it, the more it takes over me. 

The more I commit it, the more I don't see anything wrong with it. 

With sin there should be no moderation. 

So what do I do?

I meal plan and I rely on God's strength and not my own. 

I tell myself what I am going to eat and what I am not. 

I commit in my mind and heart to sin no more. 

I understand that I am weak on my own strength and that I will give into the lust of my flesh. 

I understand that God is full of grace. 

I understand that I can do all things by Christ who gives me strength, and that includes saying no to my compulsive eating habits and sin. 

I also understand that when I do mess up, the guilt and shame I feel is NOT from the Father. 

The Lord does not deal in guilt and shame. 

His language is love. His gospel is peace. 

He convicts with a call to live higher. 

Not a threat to be sent lower. 

He lifts up and builds up. 

Glory be. 

p.s. sugar isn't sin. This is a comparison that has helped me on my food and life journeyings lately.