Recently I have discovered the biggest cause for my constant headaches and migraines. After undergoing allergy testing I found out that I am allergic to wheat and oats, two main components of just about anyone’s diet. I have suffered from terrible ongoing headaches for years and have never found a solution for them. I tried medication, chiropractic treatment, and Alexander technique combined with pressure point treatment. None of these have fully relieved my headaches. Since I have suffered from them for so long, on some days more than others I have been able to ignore my headaches for the most part, but never completely. Over the past few weeks since I have cut out wheat and oats completely out of my diet, I can gladly say that I have been headache free. I am so thankful for finally figuring out the real solution. For years I suffered and continued making my problem worse by continuing to eat foods I am allergic to. If I had not discovered these allergies now the situation could have been worse in the future. Just as I have been putting toxic foods in my body, we all allow toxic things into our lives. These toxic parts of our lives can be anything: relationships, ungodly habits, the ways in which we allow society to influence us, and so many other things. God gives us the tool to combat these toxic things in our lives. He gives us His Word to read and study to know what truth really is. He gives us communities of other followers of Christ to support us and encourage us. The interesting part about my allergy discovery is that several months prior to this discovery God gave me the desire to study gluten free baking. At the time I felt sorry for all my friends who were gluten-free and how they could not enjoy the food at parties. Never once did I think that God was actually preparing me for my own lifestyle change. The same goes for having toxicity in our lives. Never do we say “I expect to have toxicity in my life and I am ready.” There are toxic things in our lives that we cannot see. Some of the toxic things in our lives have been there for so long that we have been able to ignore them. Those toxic pieces of our lives have been there for so long that we begin to think that they are good when they are not. I am just as guilty about this as anyone else. But with God and His Word, we can overcome the toxicity in our lives. It will be a difficult process to remove the toxicity from our lives, but it is necessary for us to grow closer to God in our relationship with Him and for us to be stronger lights in this dark world. Three steps that we can take in removing the toxicity in our lives are:
How are you going to combat toxicity in your life?
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mom
10/12/2016 06:13:25 am
good job
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