1033) When reflecting on my years of teaching, many students come to mind. Some because of the relationship I had with them. Some because of their behavior (good and bad). Some come to mind because of specific traits that I found interesting.

One of these students was a young man who never felt like he had enough food. So much so that he would eat and eat and eat all weekend and then be out of school on Monday because of it

. He was always focused on food–what the menu was that day, what he would have for a snack and what he would eat when he got home. In watching these things, I’ve wondered if his body was lacking the ability to signal the rest of him he’s had enough.

All of us are supposed to have this design, but some of us don’t get the signal fast enough or at all.

In thinking about this student, when reading 2 Corinthians 12:9, that states, “My grace is sufficient for you…” I realize there is a parallel.

The Greek word for grace means to favor and the word sufficient, arkeó, means to be satisfied–similarly to how our bodies are satisfied after eating.

The problem comes when our bodies are flawed and do not produce the response that we need to remind us to eat; our hearts may not trigger us to fill-up on grace.

I know I speak a lot about grace in these reflections but it’s because it’s so important. This verse tells us that grace is the sustainer in this life. If we could fill up on grace, I bet mankind would fare so much better.

Grace is there for us. Do we take in enough? Fill up, there is no eating disorder from doing so