This year marks 25 years in radio for me and I’ve decided I want to start my journey by living clean. So, today I started JJ Smith’s 10 Day Green Smoothie Cleanse. I’m doing the modified cleanse which consist of two green smoothies (one for breakfast and one for lunch), with one healthy meal for dinner, snack, and water/tea. The only healthy meal a day may consist of a salad, sauteed veggies, fish or chicken (grilled or baked). Avoid white sugar, meat, milk, cheese, alcohol, coffee, sodas, processsed foods, fried foods and refined carbs during the entire ten days.
Day #1 Berry Green
2 handfuls of spinach
2 cups of water
1 apple (cored & quartered)
1 cup frozen mangos
1 cup frozen strawberries
1 handful fresh seedless grapes
2 tablespoons ground flaxseeds
1 scoop of vanilla protein
Place leafy greens and water into blender and blend until mixture is green juice like consistency. Stop blender and add remaining ingredients. Blend until creamy.
Spiritual thought: Galatians 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
Willpower: We are led to believe that we have enough of it to fight off every temptation that comes our way. And sometimes it works. But willpower is your best friend when things go well, but it’s the first friend to check out when you get weary.
Our soul (mind, will, emotion) would love to run our lives, but the Bible says we are to be led by God’s Spirit. We are never instructed to be willpower led, we are told to be Spirit led. Willpower and discipline are important and vitally necessary to a successful life, but willpower alone won’t be enough. Determination gets you started and keeps you going for awhile, but it is never enough to bring you across the finish line.
Instead of turning to willpower on this journey, I will turn to God first!
