A New Diet

I love food! I don't simply like just looking at the food though. I love eating food. A good pizza pie or juicy steak always hits the spot in my stomach. One issue with having a pregnant woman in the house is that her sense of smell is ridiculously high. She can not stand the smell of certain foods, which makes it hard to eat food these days, for the both of us. My diet is now limited to mac and cheese and frozen pizza's (on a good day).

All that to say this....
I am reminded of Ezekiel's experience. In chapter 3 we read of God telling Ezekiel to eat a scroll. I believe Ezekiel literally ate a scroll and Ezekiel tells us it tasted like "honey". After he eats the scroll God sends him to the Israelites as a prophet. (if you haven't read this account you should check it out: Ezekiel 3).
This story and this new "diet" of mine also remind me of Galatians 6:7-10. Paul is talking about the spiritual well being of the Galatian people and is warning them that "a man reaps what he sows".
With all of this in mind I can't help but evaluate what I have been digesting on spiritually. Am I eating, not literally, the scroll (the Word's of God)? Or am I eating up the desires of my flesh (pride, selfishness, greed, laziness)? Just as our literal food diets determine how healthy our bodies are so does our spiritual intake determine how healthy our spiritual lives are.
I hope, like me, you are willing to truly evaluate what you are intaking every day and consider the principle that Paul gives us in Galatians 6.
I know that there are some things that I need to go "cold turkey" on and get out of my life and I can also think of things that I need to start adding to my daily diet.
I hope to eat of the scroll like Ezekiel and let it savor in my mouth like honey. I hope to sow more fruitful plants in my spiritual life so that my neighbors, friends, family and this up coming child can taste and see the fruit that God has given harvest to in my life.

-Blessings