REVERSE THE CURSE

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REVERSE THE CURSE

I grew up the youngest of five children. My parents gave me everything money could buy, but sort of pushed me to the side. Therefore, I felt unloved, empty, and like I needed to find someone or something to fill that gap. I tried cigarettes, pot and other drugs, alcohol, and even resorted to abusive relationships thinking that I’d be loved.

Thankfully I’ve broken the pattern from the past—I’ve reversed the curse.

My dad smoked for years—today he’s hooked up to an oxygen tank 24-7 and his health is failing. Due to his poor choices in life (drinking, smoking, and poor eating habits), he has a bad heart, bad lungs, sugar diabetes and almost non-working kidneys.

I’m glad I quit smoking at 18. My sisters brothers smoked far longer and all have high blood pressure. I’ve always had low blood pressure, until just recently, since I’ve been overeating, gaining weight and slipping in my physical exercise. That’s when I realized, the choice is mine; I can either choose life or death.

Do I want to be unhealthy like the rest of my family? My mom has suffered three major strokes and is paralyzed on her right side. She thought she was fooling the doctors every year before her physical exam, she’d eat right for a week or two just to pass the tests, and then back she’d go eating bags of chips and hard candy. Between her borderline sugar problem and high blood pressure, she was like a time bomb waiting to explode. Yet, she didn’t realize it. Now she tells me almost every time I see her how much she wants to die. I love her and obviously don’t want her to die, but I can’t blame her for feeling that way. Sitting in a wheelchair all day, not being able to speak properly, and depending on someone else for her daily needs is not quality life.

Here in America, the land of the FREE and home of the BIGGIE SIZE anything, we take all that we have for granted and think we need MORE. Overeating and binge eating can be just as abusive as taking drugs and drinking alcohol. It’s when we begin to turn to food to comfort us, we become gluttons and addicts. If I eat a candy bar, pretty soon I want two, and before long I’m eating three a day!

Funny because years ago I never ate; I totally starved myself. At one point I even dropped below 110 pounds. My healthy weight is around 130. Needless to say I was anorexic. I thought if I went without food and exercised all the time I’d be thin like the models on TV and my abusive husband would love me. But even when I jogged until I blacked out, the relationship didn’t get any better, only worse.

Everything in life is about balance. I’ve been out of balance on both spectrums (eating too much, eating too little). Just as we need balance in our physical lives to stay healthy, it’s the same spiritually. If I just read my Bible once in awhile, I’m not going to have enough nourishment or strength when trials and troubles come into my life. And if I read my Bible all the time and even go to church, but never pray and seek God and His will for my life, I’m going to be just like my mom, popping those sugar drops and sitting back with a bag of chips. Like a religious glutton, I’ll be like a paralyzed couch potato with no real sense of direction.

The truth is we are our own worst enemies. Just because my mom and dad lived unhealthy, doesn’t mean I have to. I can’t blame my parents for the choices I make today. It’s up to me. I decide what goes in my body; cigarettes, food, or alcohol. I decide when and if I exercise. I decide if I’m going to live for God, read His Word, pray, fast, and seek Him. And I literally decide life or death by those choices.

Relationship is the key to good health, both physically and spiritually. Maybe it’s time to take a look inside. Maybe you have areas of abuse or hurt that has never been settled. Or maybe you your relationship with the Lord isn’t what it should be? Maybe you’re feeling, like I have at different times, that you’re unhealthy and out of balance? Whatever the case, God is there. He understands and He’s ready to bring you into a life of health, you just have to ask.

Remember, we only have one body, one life here on earth, so why not reverse the curse, and live the way God intended, prosper in every area and be healed. It’s your choice.