To gain control
This morning during scripture study, as a way to help me understand myself better, and to remember what my perspectives should be about my body (a perspective that has mostly unfortunitely been a negative one, a part of the why I think...) I decided to focus my search on bridling, or controlling, my passions (aka eating, seriously one of my greatest passions). Here are some quotes I found:
Elder Theodore M. Burton in his April 1981 conference address stated, “There is no need to let the body and bodily appetites control our actions … some people have greater drives and appetites than others, but I say that a righteous God has given us minds and wills by means of which, if we desire, we can control and limit those passions and appetites … As we practice righteousness and approach ever closer to God, the easier it becomes to resist temptation and to live in accordance with that light and truth which emanates from Jesus Christ. (Ensign, May, 1981, p. 30.)
Elder Paul H. Dunn says that we prepare ourselves for sanctification by learning to bridle our passions. “Bridle,” he says, “is the word that wise father Alma used in counseling his son Shiblon, and the promise he attached is the key to understanding: ‘Bridle … your passions, that ye may be filled with love.’ (Alma 38:12.) Bridling increases strength, increases power, increases love. … Alma never said kill your passions. The implication is not that passions are evil, that we shouldn’t have them. On the contrary, we bridle something we love, something whose power we respect.” (Ensign, Nov. 1981, p. 72.)
So this week I am going to seek to gain control and bridle my passion of eating so that I might have an increase in strenght, power to withstand, and love. To do this I have created some goals, goals that I have stated many times recently, but goals I have not followed. I've told my husband and I am telling you, so I remain accountable:
1. No extra snacking between meals- 5 small meals shall do it. No snacking from my daughter's plate, or from the meal I am cooking. Nada.
2. Record what I eat. End of story.
3. Dessert once a week only. If I want dessert during the week have a piece of fruit instead.
Here are my goals. I hope I can bridle my passions this week! Wish me luck!
What are you going to do to bridle your passions this week?
Elder Theodore M. Burton in his April 1981 conference address stated, “There is no need to let the body and bodily appetites control our actions … some people have greater drives and appetites than others, but I say that a righteous God has given us minds and wills by means of which, if we desire, we can control and limit those passions and appetites … As we practice righteousness and approach ever closer to God, the easier it becomes to resist temptation and to live in accordance with that light and truth which emanates from Jesus Christ. (Ensign, May, 1981, p. 30.)
Elder Paul H. Dunn says that we prepare ourselves for sanctification by learning to bridle our passions. “Bridle,” he says, “is the word that wise father Alma used in counseling his son Shiblon, and the promise he attached is the key to understanding: ‘Bridle … your passions, that ye may be filled with love.’ (Alma 38:12.) Bridling increases strength, increases power, increases love. … Alma never said kill your passions. The implication is not that passions are evil, that we shouldn’t have them. On the contrary, we bridle something we love, something whose power we respect.” (Ensign, Nov. 1981, p. 72.)
So this week I am going to seek to gain control and bridle my passion of eating so that I might have an increase in strenght, power to withstand, and love. To do this I have created some goals, goals that I have stated many times recently, but goals I have not followed. I've told my husband and I am telling you, so I remain accountable:
1. No extra snacking between meals- 5 small meals shall do it. No snacking from my daughter's plate, or from the meal I am cooking. Nada.
2. Record what I eat. End of story.
3. Dessert once a week only. If I want dessert during the week have a piece of fruit instead.
Here are my goals. I hope I can bridle my passions this week! Wish me luck!
What are you going to do to bridle your passions this week?
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