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Weight Loss Scripture: Shoes of Peace

by Kimberly Floyd
4/08/2010 / Health

I once read a story about an artist's competition designed around the theme of peace. The judges challenged the artists to come up with the best way to show peace in action. After several months, the artists returned to show off their works. Picture after picture showed images of paradise...blue skies, flowing streams, blooming flowers. In spite of the beauty of these works, the judges were dissatisfied with the results. Then they came to one oil painting that they unanimously agreed should win the prize.

The artist had painted a mother robin nurturing her baby chicks in the nest she had built...underneath a roaring waterfall. The turbulent waves splashed all around her. As the judges looked at the painting, they could almost hear the crashing noises as the water beat against the rocks. Yet, the mother robin seemed not to hear any of the noise or pay attention to the waves. She was concentrating on showing love to her most precious possessions...her children.

I think that story is a beautiful picture of the peace that Jesus wants to give us. In John 14:27, he says: "Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."

We all know that life is hard. We might have to deal with marital problems, financial issues, threats from children being led astray, working long hours. Let's just call these issues the storms of life. Yet, like the mother robin, He wants to build for you a refuge. He doesn't promise that you won't have trouble in this life, but he does promise that you can have peace in the midst of these troubles and you will not be overcome.

God promises to walk with us, no matter what life throws at us. Likewise, because we are in Christ and He in us, we are overcomers just like he is. Whenever I think about this principle, I always think of a favorite movie of mine from the 80's called 'My Bodyguard'.

In the movie, a high school student named Cliff was being bullied by the school tough guy. The bully and his friends would torment Cliff just about every day. Then one day Cliff got a brilliant idea after seeing the bullies scatter just from the presence of the school outcast, Ricky Linderman.

In a school in which the boys were probably 5'6" at the most, Linderman was about 6'4" and had a huge build. Cliff was terrified of Linderman too, but he pushed aside his fear to ask Linderman to be his bodyguard to protect him from the bullies. Linderman agreed and he and Cliff became good friends.

So in a way, God is your Ricky Linderman. He is your shield, your protector, your rock, your fortress. You can have peace and security in the midst of the most challenging situations. And the more you learn about God, and understand His awesome power and majesty, the more peaceful, confident, secure you will feel. You will know without a doubt that He can help you overcome any problem, including your weight problem.

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