Today the book talked about how our morning habits affect how we feel the rest of the day. It talks about how some people don't eat breakfast, because they end up feeling hungry for the rest of the day. This is apparently your stomach secreting extra fluids because it's not used to food that early. However, it stops after a week or so and levels out. It also talks about if you're fatigued and famished when you get home from work that you should eat a snack between 3 and 4...something with protein like apples and cheese, turkey and veggies, etc. All of this prevents from making poor food choices and continually snacking in the evening.
After previous readings, I decided that I'm going to try to wake up earlier to I can eat breakfast before DDR. Meghan talked about how eating before she worked out made her feel better during her workout. So I'm gonna try my smoothie before I start today. Ooo...or I might eat an english muffin with a bit o'peanut butter. Had that yesterday and it was delish. I've already been making myself healthy snacks for the afternoons, so I'm already preventing the whole "hungry, unhealthy snacking" at the end of the day. Go me!
Romans 2 talks about God's righteous judgment and how we are not to judge. I think it's addressing the Jew's propensity to look at the Gentiles and say "you steal, lie, commit adultery, etc." when they did the same thing. The only thing that separates them is the fact that the Jews have the law. I liked this verse:
"Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law, since they show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences are bearing witness, and their thoughts now accusing, now even defending them)." vs. 14-16
It indicates that those who respond to their consciences, even though they might not have the written law, are ultimately responding to God.
"A man is not a Jew if he is only one outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. No, a man is a Jew if he is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man's praise is not from men, but from God." vs. 28-29
It really is a heart thing. We could be doing all the right things, but if our hearts are not in the right place, we're not doing the "God thing." I think this chapter is ultimately trying to first break down the "I'm better than you" attitude that Jews had for Gentiles, and secondly, trying to point out that we ALL sin. And we all have a conscience (or law) that says "this is right, this is wrong" and we betray that conscience all the time. If you break one law, you break the whole law. How daunting and scary. I was reading this and was like "wow, that's kinda heavy and I am a lawbreaker and...ugh." But there's some good news after this chapter. It doesn't end here. Which is a good thing or I'd be feeling terrible for the rest of the day haha.
Ok, time to eat my breakfast and then get on with my morning.
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