Weathering Storms

Well, I'm "weathering a storm" as I write this. I decided to stop eating chocolate during lent, because I had begun to realize that I ate it in ridiculous amounts whenever I was stressed out. And I was feeling stressed too often, and subsequently eating too much chocolate. With a history of diabetes in my family, I decided I needed to get a better handle on this now. But it's been a long day and my stress level is increasing a bit as we move closer to Holy Week, and I just so happened to have two chocolate covered graham crackers from Starbucks (they are really great) in the drawer of my desk. I wasn't two sentences into reading the chapter "weathering storms" before I put my book down and ate that chocolate! It tasted so good. I guess reading about setbacks, I ended up creating one. I agree with Sarah, we all have setbacks, and the thing they remind us of is our humanity. Our inability to reach "perfection". And God's persistent love for us in our imperfect states. How are things going for you, as we move closer to Holy Week? How is this clearing time going for you?

- Melanie