Less Really Is More!

It's Friday, and already we're a week and a half into our 3-D Challenge and A Woman of Moderation Bible Study.

We've heard the saying, "Less is More." In the past, I always though of jewelry, or make-up, or even interior design. Too much of a good thing can be...well, very gaudy, and almost laughable.

This week, I've really been struck by this saying as it was used in the context of one of Dee Brestin's lessons in A Woman of Moderation. Dee shares about a conversation she had with a friend of hers who enjoys everything, but in moderation. On page 19, we learn that Dee's friend "loves to open [her closet] and see neat rows of what [she] really loves to wear." Dee adds, "Less is more satisfying than more."

Let's forget the food for a second. I have clothes in my closet that I haven't worn for years, at least three different sizes...my "normal" size (a size 8), which is the size I had been for years before I got addicted to chocolate chip muffins, my fat size (clothes reflecting the heaviest weight I have been), and my current, overweight size. Have you named different categories of clothing that you're hanging on to? Anyway, the mental picture of my bloated closet really brought home the sick feeling of being overstuffed and wasteful.

After the blueberry pancake panic day last Sunday, I have taken some of your post suggestions, and tried to come to a more sane approach to my eating. Melinda Schmidt of Midday Connection is trying to only eat when she is hungy. I've started with the eat three moderate meals a day plan. It seems to be working. I have lost some weight! I'm not gorging myself, and I'm trying to wait for mealtime. I have this feeling of being slightly hungry all the time. In between meals, I've been breaking for one cup of coffee in the morning, and one cup of hot tea in the afternoon. The Psalm meals have helped me pray through the temptation.

Less really is more! Are you enjoying less?