I remember earlier this summer when I got home from Peru, my body pretty much rejected all fast food for several days. It was really weird; I got heartburn after every single meal, even though I never really get heartburn. Unfortunately, I didn’t really have any other options considering I was at debrief or in airports during that time (We even tried walking to the nearest Walmart to buy food, but found out it was for Delta employees only… whoops!). This probably sounds shocking to all my friends since I pretty much eat nothing but fast food when I’m at college, mostly due to a lack of time to cook and partially due to laziness.
Another time my body rejected food was my freshman year of college when I got food poisoning, which was absolutely awful. Something I ate at the dining hall must’ve gone bad (I deduced it had to have been the watermelon). I’ll spare you the initial sickness details, but every time I tried to eat at all for the following week, I couldn’t. My body would notice food coming in and immediately reject it. I didn’t get sick again, but I just couldn’t eat because my brain was deceived. I lost a crazy unhealthy amount of weight over the course of that week.
So what’s the point of these random stories about eating? We as people immediately know to reject what is bad for us in order to protect ourselves. Do we always want to? No. But the point is we know that it’s harmful and doesn’t belong. I know for me, my initial response to anything I do that is not of God is to ask, where did that come from? Then I do everything I can to prevent it from happening again, much like how my body rejected food it thought was harmful to me.
BUT, sometimes we as people can become acquiescent. What does that big fancy word mean? It means we just accept things without protest, often doing what someone else wants. I don’t know about you, but to me, that sounds awful. I want to think for myself, not just blindly going along with what the world tells me to do. However, that’s much easier said than done. We as people are very susceptible to the opinions of others. Have you ever seen a movie with a friend that they hated but you liked? I guarantee by the time you get home, you’ll dislike the movie too. It’s just so easy for our opinions to be swayed.
Rejection takes courage. I know most of the time we hear that word, we think of it as a bad thing, but it’s not! It’s good for you to reject the things in this world that you know are bad for you. And much like I shouldn’t let myself become acquiescent when it comes to eating fast food all the time, you shouldn’t let yourself become acquiescent in the choices you make every day. We all have our own brains for a reason; we have to use them!
I refuse to sit back and accept defeat. I reject any notion of acquiescence. I have been called higher. Greater things are yet to come!
-Catherine 🙂
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