But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.”
Matthew 4:4
For those who know us and who have been following my blog for at least the past year, you would have already known that the battle with eczema has sorta overtaken out lives in many ways. We started out with the Elimination Diet, eliminating everything that the IgG test said dd was allergic too. In order to make it easier on me, 90% of the time everyone followed her on the diet. Then in September last year (2011) I put her as well as myself on the GAPS diet.
The diets worked but did not heal us completely. When we abstained we itched. When we didn’t abstain we itched more! Often I felt like giving up and yet I didn’t know what to eat or not eat anymore. (See Who do you listen to?! and Just what does it mean to eat healthily?) What I do know is that cutting out sugar, proceesed foods, additives and chemicals is a very good thing. And when one eats out, the food served is almost guaranteed to have one or all of the above.
So why are we still itching and suffering despite eating so healthily? Then the Holy Spirit spoke to me through an article I read off the Internet (yeah, imagine that! 😀 ) He reminded me that Man does not live by bread alone. I have only been focusing on the physical aspect of healing our bodies. Yes, the physical is important since we are living in physical bodies on earth. But I have neglected to focus on the spiritual side! It was only paid token attention. It was not even placed on an equal footing as the physical side 🙁
So as we eat healthily, I need to spend more time with the Lord, reading His Word, praying in tongues and abiding in His presence. May I encourage you to do this as well as You seek Him for your situation. We are physical and spiritual beings. Ignoring either is to our detriment.