Next Step in my Health Journey.

Well it's time to take the plunge. It will be Shavuot this weekend and because as a family we believe that our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, we are taking a step in our spiritual and health journey that we've never taken before. We've wanted to do it many times before but have always caved and given up when we've experienced hurdles that seem to hard to jump over. I could beat myself up and think of this as failure OR I could embrace the idea that Abba's timing is perfect and we just weren't ready to do this before....it's a very real battle going on in my mind this week as I source all the things we need to take this first step in cleaning up. So what exactly does all of this mean? It means we are going back to Scripture to define our food. We are drastically ditching the ultra-processed products in our pantry and going back to whole foods. This I believe has been a roadblock in my personal healing journey and I am tired of it. I'm tired of straddling the fence and walking with one foot in the world's food system and one foot in Abba's food system. We have eaten Biblically clean "foods" since 2010....focusing mostly on the meat part of it....but what about the GMO foods, or the deli meats full of chemicals, what about the hybridized fruits and veggies that no longer resemble what Abba created them to be? If I keep feeding my family these food like products, how is this any different than looking like the world in how I dress my body? Why would I expect to walk in health when I'm not living a set apart lifestyle in all ways, just the "easy" ways.... This isn't a post to point fingers at anyone, but to share my heart about the changes I and my family are going through. Our choices in the area of food is necessary. We have health issues in each family member that we need to deal with and feeding our bodies properly is what we are feeling Abba is guiding us to do...I've been dragging my feet in this area in many ways. It's gotten to the point of rebellion and I need to humble myself and submit this area of my life to Abba. To sacrifice my desire to feed my family the world's food instead of Abba's food because of convenience, because it's all I've ever known, because it's scary to try new things and frustrating when everyone complains because it's not what they're used to....hmmmm sounds a bit like Israelite behavior.....sigh. What is totally cool and a complete God ordained thing, is that the way we will be eating when we are done the huge cleansing part, is the way that Dr. Strydom encourages people to eat. Abba has first put Dr. Strydom's resources into my hands, then He put Lucinda Gibbs Robinson's books into my hand and so now we are starting the cleansing process, in our home and in our bodies. I heard something said recently by Dr Stella Immanuel, "those sins become like filthy garments that covers the glory of God in our lives....The level of your sanctification, the more sanctified you are, the more authority you have. The level of your consecration, the more separated you are, the more you decide to take your time for God, pray, seek the Lord, read the Bible and everything, the more consecration you have, the more power you carry. There are many people that have authority, but they don't have power and the devil responds to power." Authority comes from sanctification, Power comes from consecration. We need both in our lives to be effective for Abba. Sanctification has to do with the level of sin in our lives, consecration has to do with the time we spend in Abba's presence.