Frozen Shoulder

Ten years ago, I developed a frozen shoulder. It's a condition in which the ligaments surrounding the joint swell and stiffen, restricting mobility.*

By the time I was diagnosed, I couldn't scratch my back. Thus began painful sessions with a physical therapist to slowly stretch and tear the ligaments around the shoulder. 

Research shows it's unlikely a person will get a frozen shoulder twice. I'm convinced that's because you never forget the pain. 

Two years ago, I let my relationship with the Lord get stiff. The results were more limiting than my frozen shoulder. And it took difficult stretching and tearing to restore what I'd lost. I never want it to happen again. 

If you've let your relationship with the Lord stiffen, I encourage you to do something about it now before it gets worse.

"Physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things...both the present life and the life to come." 1 Timothy 4:8

* MNT

For another 1-minute devotion about my break in my relationship with the Lord:
Spiritual Atrophy

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Whole Food

"You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces--just good food, from fresh ingredients." Julia Child

When we eat foods preserved, enhanced, and flavored with artificial substances, we lose our appetite for good food from fresh ingredients.

The same is true of life's "artificial" foods like money, fame, illicit sex, thrills, excitement, luxury, and comfort. They make us lose our appetite for the "good food" Jesus describes:
 
   ♥ "Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that 
       comes from the mouth of God." Matthew 4:4
   ♥ "My food," said Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me
       and to finish his work." John 4:34

Today, let's eat right!

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If you'd like to read a few other 1-minute devotions related to FOOD, check these out:
Peanut Butter or Gourmet Fare
A World without Coffee or Chocolate
My Compliments to the Ultimate Candy-Maker