Clean Her Up
Organic grass-fed beef seasoned and pan-fried in pure butter over a baked sweet potato.
The Friday before the week of BYOP, I got food poisoning. This was the second time within nearly a month, and I was getting frustrated at the food available and how my body was responding. This may be too much information for some, but I cannot have been the only one who has dealt with this. I’d been dealing with so much gas, everything I ate caused me gas, my stomach would bloat, and the closer BYOP approached, it seemed to get worst. The day before the experience, I’d visited the restroom at least 7 times. I felt disgusting, defeated, and unworthy to be in the Lord’s presence. So finally, fed up with my body’s response to food, it’s the week after BYOP and I decided to eat even healthier than I thought I already did. I made my last batch of cheddar biscuits and followed the Lord’s instructions for how to treat my temple.
He said; no wheat, no corn, no sugar, no dairy. I also thought I’d give no seed oils a try. Brooklyn and Pastor D have been talking about it for a while now and honestly, I felt Pastor D’s prayers about my eating habits- I felt conviction to go higher in my responsibility for where the Holy Spirit dwells and the vessel to be used for His glory. So I threw out my Dukes mayo, wheat and self-rising flour, sunflower oil pesto, organic cane sugar, grits, canola oil, amongst other things and committed to eating no wheat, no sugar, no corn, and no dairy and having all my meat as organic as possible, and no seed oils or grains. Simply seasoned foods and no heavy fiber foods. It’s been quite expensive to eat this way, but these life changing benefits are worth it.
When I followed those instructions starting during the week of June 8th, 2026, the gas went away. My next cycle started June 12th, and what usually encompasses 3 days of fake out 1st days where I’m cramping so bad and my stomach is bloated and my body swells up and I get pimples and my back is really aching and my 1st two days of cramps are really bad and my period lasting 7 full days CHANGED TO 1-2 days of light stomach feelings (although nothing like before), lasting only 6 full days, and when I got my period my body did not swell, my stomach wasn’t bloated at all, I had to take a double look in the mirror, I didn’t have acne, and instead of almost 2 full days of cramps, my period came that night at 12 AM but when I woke up, the discomfort only lasted for one hour. I was literally in shock that I wasn’t moody, could still function and have energy to do things and think, and wasn’t bloated! I was literally in shock that this was how the 1st day of me cycle was going- which, in the past, has always been the worst.
Again, it is expensive to live this way, but I believe it is worth it. I still need sleep and I’m no superwoman, but my body and I are not at war anymore. I feel reset. I know people think gas is normal, but it’s not. Just like PMS is not normal. I didn’t want to believe it wasn’t normal because it was normal to me (it’s what I’ve always experienced) and the thought of something being that wrong with me was not what I wanted to accept. The truth is a lot of stuff in available food is really poison. Just because the Food & Drug Administration approved it doesn’t mean we should consume it. Many things we are calling an attack or warfare is really just consequences of eating choices.
I started making changes the week of June 8th, as I shared, I felt Pastor D’s prayers for self-discipline with physical health and nutrition, and I just suddenly felt convicted and thought about my future and how my body needs to get prepared. Listen, there is truth to all this talk about avoiding seed oils and eating organic and even putting sea salt in your water! As I once heard, we could either pay now and eat right or pay later with hospital, medication, and dentists visits and health insurance. Not to mention what it costs mentally for your body and hormones to be out of whack. You can’t expect to show up for God and for your family or at your workplace effectively and efficiently when you’re sick, exhausted, tired, unmotivated, and running on junk. They say it only takes 30 days to change a habit, but could it be more like 7?! This is just too awesome to keep to myself. If only you knew. Since 9 or 10 years old I had really heavy cycles with the first day feeling like I just need to call out of life- I never wanted to take medication for the symptoms, so I just suffered. Now, my body is at physical peace and is not a hindrance to communion with nor ministry to God.
3 John 1:2 “Dear friend, I hope all is well with you and that you are as healthy in body as you are strong in Spirit.”
I pray every believer takes ownership of his or her temple and comes into agreement with the word of God by making honorable choices regarding the body and spirit. He desires for us to prosper and be in good health just as our soul prospers. Our temple is where His Spirit dwells, so let us keep it clean in every way in full faith of the living and healing power of the blood of Jesus. In Jesus’ name, Amen.