Cookie Meltdown

Well, Friday I attended an absolutely wonderful cookie baking party with some people from my co-op group. I was really looking forward to going, and I promised myself I wouldn't sit there & eat mass amounts of cookies.
The thing about promises, however, is that it seems they are meant to be broken.
I packed myself some water & fruit. I knew that the hostess was offering vegetable soup for lunch. I was set. Unfortunately, once I looked at & smelled that vast array of cookies, I was acting like Snuffles the dog of the Hannah Barbera Quick Draw McGraw cartoon series. For those of you who are not familiar with Snuffles, "he was a plump brown dog that was called into action when equine marshal Quick Draw McGraw was on the trail of a bad guy. But before Snuffles would use his "sniffing" abilities to track down the criminals, he first had to be fed a special doggie-biskit treat. Pointing to his mouth, Snuffles directed Quick Draw to feed him. When Snuffles swallowed his doggie treat, he began to joyfully swoon with delight (voiced by Daws Butler), hug himself, levitate into mid-air and then slowly return to earth as he concluded his orgasmic eating frenzy. In general, if Snuffles didn't receive a treat, he refused to do his tracking duties. So, Quick Draw made certain that he kept doggie treats in his arsenal of weapons. But sometimes, the supply ran low and that's when Snuffles showed his semi-loyalty to his job." Wow! I knew there was a cartoon character out there for me to identify with, but I never realized that Snuffles was the one! Unfortunately, unlike Snuffles, my eating frenzies cause me to gain unwanted weight & to put my health in jeopardy. I'm apparently as disloyal to my Commanding Officer as he is to his! Looks like I'm gonna have to try my best to shed that character trait!
Once I gave in to my first cookie, I was on a roll. I do believe I ate about 3 dozen cookies before the night was over. Feeling defeated once again, I just continued to eat into the next day. After purposefully choosing meditative sleep, I woke up feeling refreshed. I went to bed talking in my mind to myself, and consoling myself by telling myself I can overcome while at the same time envisioning myself thinner. I woke up hearing a voice in my head that clearly spoke 1 Corinthians 9:24, "Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you can obtain it." I heard this over & over again. I always feel differently when I hear confirmation from God's word. This is no exception. Is it any wonder why it is so important to constantly fill up on God's word?
I decided to look up some stuff on running a race, and I came upon "Running the Christian Race with Self-Control". It has so much wonderful stuff in it. Click that link if you want to read more. I'm going to study it a bit, then reflect on my own feelings regarding the subject.
Thank the Lord that His mercies are new every morning!
God bless!!