Annoying Orange vs. All of the Other Annoying Breakfast foods

   
Alarm goes off. Time to get up and start the day. Take a shower, get dressed, brush your teeth, then oh yeah... eat. What is your breakfast routine? Is it your biggest meal, hot and fresh from the stove? Is it a quick granola bar and a shake as you run out the door to that meeting you are late to? Is it an Egg McMuffin that you stop to buy on your way? Or is it that first annoyance of the morning, that first battle to scare away any calorie that might chose to stay on your body forever? Do you skip it and stave off the hunger, filling your stomach with calorie free liquids? Do you eat just enough veggies to make the growling go away? Or do you eat "normally" and hope that you aren't hungry for a very long time and map out the exercises for the rest of the day that are going to insure those calories don't take permanent residency on your thigh?
Without a healthy relationship with food, meal times can seem annoying. Hunger pangs are a nuisance. The shakes you get from hour 3 of a workout when you have not nearly reached that amount of calories in your daily intake are obnoxious. A goal to rid the body of every trace of food that has travelled its digestive path overwhelms the brain. As I write these thoughts down, they may seem surprising to readers. These ideas however, I write anyways because I know without a shadow of a doubt that I am not the only one in the world who resonates with them.
I do not end there, however. While the annoyance of food clamors loudly in my brain, I simultaneously carry the knowledge of food's purpose. God created food. God created the animals that roam the land and the plants that cover the ground for our consumption. Food sustains us and permits us to carry out our purpose on this Earth with full strength.
God wasn't just about sustaining us but also blessing us. We could have just lived on manna from the sky but he permitted food to be a delight. Food comes in many forms as God creatively designed the textures, the vibrant colors, the varying tastes and wealth nutrients. God in his mercy allowed each edible thing to play a different note on our tongue creating a magnificent orchestra that energizes our body to dance and move in accordance. Salty, bitter, savory, sweet blessings of God nourish us for His work and plan for our life.
While the lies of food as the enemy are loud in my head, I cling to the reminder of what food is and how it benefits me. I turn the volume up on God's truth until it drowns out the lies that ensnare me and leave me defenseless for His purpose in my life. Day by day, I will learn to honor the gift of food and thank God the sustainer for His provision to carry out His plan for my life. I will learn how to restore the relationship I have with food. I will graciously allow the English muffin with jam into my system and praise God for my body, my temple and the mere fact that I may live another day.

"So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." 1 Corinthians 10:31