Is an ice cream habit a sin?
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No, letting the adversary make us feel guilty might be.
I enjoy it as well, is it perhaps a sugar craving?
What does the Lord want you to do? Way too often we err in thinking we have a list of does and don't to make ourselves right with God, Jesus made us right 2,000 years ago, we can do nothing, can't fast enough, pray enough , etc to do what Jesus already did for us, ask Him if He wants you to back off a little.
Curry speaks of this a lot.
bless you sister
I enjoy it as well, is it perhaps a sugar craving?
What does the Lord want you to do? Way too often we err in thinking we have a list of does and don't to make ourselves right with God, Jesus made us right 2,000 years ago, we can do nothing, can't fast enough, pray enough , etc to do what Jesus already did for us, ask Him if He wants you to back off a little.
Curry speaks of this a lot.
bless you sister
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It's the "deny yourself" words of the Lord that keep going through my head. I don't know how much I'm supposed to deny myself. I read Rees Howells Intercessor when I first came to Christ. In the book, the Holy Spirit wanted him to live on boring food, soup and bread and no more than two small meals a day. If I remember correctly, the Holy Spirit wanted him to give up ice cream as well.
I was going to ask what brand (some store brands are so blah it really IS a sin!) but any brand that has "Extreme Moose Tracks" has to be at least palatable.
Are they extreme tracks or are they tracks made by extreme mooses... er, meece... well, did an extreme moose get some other extreme friends together and make tracks?
I found a good deal on king size dark chocolate kit-kat bars, 59 cents a piece, and bought 55 of them. I now have a daily morning habit of eating a dark chocolate kit-kat bar.
They say money can't buy happiness... Well it can't buy joy really, and it can't buy PERMANENT happiness. But I can get three bites per bar, and there are eight bars in a pack, and I have 55 packs. That's a lot of little bites of happiness there.
Are they extreme tracks or are they tracks made by extreme mooses... er, meece... well, did an extreme moose get some other extreme friends together and make tracks?
I found a good deal on king size dark chocolate kit-kat bars, 59 cents a piece, and bought 55 of them. I now have a daily morning habit of eating a dark chocolate kit-kat bar.
They say money can't buy happiness... Well it can't buy joy really, and it can't buy PERMANENT happiness. But I can get three bites per bar, and there are eight bars in a pack, and I have 55 packs. That's a lot of little bites of happiness there.
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Are you Rees Howell?
Some people were convicted of how much they played golf and had to give it up. That doesn't mean golf is evil.
One church had to put in a standard against playing dominoes, because dominoes was VERY popular in that town and people would skip church to play dominoes at their friends' houses instead. That doesn't mean playing dominoes is bad. That just means they had a problem they needed to fix.
The root question then is, do you think ice cream is becoming a problem for you? I don't think I'd give it up just because it was something Rees Howell needed to forego.
Some people were convicted of how much they played golf and had to give it up. That doesn't mean golf is evil.
One church had to put in a standard against playing dominoes, because dominoes was VERY popular in that town and people would skip church to play dominoes at their friends' houses instead. That doesn't mean playing dominoes is bad. That just means they had a problem they needed to fix.
The root question then is, do you think ice cream is becoming a problem for you? I don't think I'd give it up just because it was something Rees Howell needed to forego.
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For some reason this thread reminds me of some other ice cream addicts I knew... some dogs.
There was a late-middle-aged couple at the store, and their shopping cart had three of those big gallon tubs of ice cream. When they saw the person in front of them doing a double-take at the ice cream, the woman said, "He has our dogs spoiled. They get their ice cream every night, and if they don't get it they stand by the back door and whine."
There was a late-middle-aged couple at the store, and their shopping cart had three of those big gallon tubs of ice cream. When they saw the person in front of them doing a double-take at the ice cream, the woman said, "He has our dogs spoiled. They get their ice cream every night, and if they don't get it they stand by the back door and whine."
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Nothing is unclean that enters a person, it is what proceeds from the heart that defiles a man.
All foods are clean when received with thanksgiving.
This said, if your conscience is not well with anything, perhaps you should pray about it. Personally, I do not believe ice cream is sinful unless it is controlling the person having it.
All foods are clean when received with thanksgiving.
This said, if your conscience is not well with anything, perhaps you should pray about it. Personally, I do not believe ice cream is sinful unless it is controlling the person having it.
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Hi Summer!
What a great question in submitting all we do to God's will for us! I see that others have already given you some great answers, but I'd like to add a couple of stories.
My Mom is very health-conscious and tried very hard to raise us with very few fried foods or sugary treats. For whatever reason, it worked for some family members -- their idea of a "yummy snack" is, literally, a head of lettuce (they eat it like others would an apple.)
Unfortunately, it didn't work for me, and I pretty much went in the exact opposite direction. Once I had a job and could pay for some of my own food, my lunch of choice would be two candy bars -- every day. The problem for me is that it started to take over other areas of my life -- I was soon tempted to skip dinner so that I could have another form of dessert, or would be trying to obsessively calculate how long I had to exercise to try to burn off all the sugar. I was spending more than I should have been on junk food, and tried to cut calories on healthy foods so I could eat more things I liked, but were completely unhealthy.
In my case, "a daily candy bar habit" was most definitely a sin (and is something I still struggle with today.)
However, in your case, I believe you mentioned getting over an illness and this is the one thing that actually sounds appetizing.
This reminded me of a story I'd seen about a girl who was recovering from anorexia. She said that treatment centers had been worthless to her because the minute she saw a plate of food waiting for her, it brought out her urge to fight anyone who tried to make her eat.
Instead, her family came up with a different kind of recovery plan for her at home. Meals were always with other family members, and were served buffet-style so that EVERYONE, not just her, started out with an empty plate, so she was given the CHOICE of what she put on it and what/how much she ate -- just like everyone else was doing, so she wasn't singled out or coerced.
At every meal they had, her mom made sure it included some kind of sweet treat to the girl's liking -- usually in the form of a brownie, which was deemed her "safety dessert." The girl liked desserts enough that even if she chose not to eat anything else, she would almost always choose to eat this one safety food, and might be her only chosen source of calories for the day.
In this case, "a daily brownie" habit was her literal lifeline to recovery, as she gradually relearned how to feed herself in a healthier way.
From what you described, it sounds like your daily ice cream habit might very well be a connection for you towards a healthy recovery.
Take it to God -- and if you feel at peace and don't have any convictions about it, I say raise your spoon in thanks and dig right in.
Hope this helps... Please keep us posted on how you're doing.
What a great question in submitting all we do to God's will for us! I see that others have already given you some great answers, but I'd like to add a couple of stories.
My Mom is very health-conscious and tried very hard to raise us with very few fried foods or sugary treats. For whatever reason, it worked for some family members -- their idea of a "yummy snack" is, literally, a head of lettuce (they eat it like others would an apple.)
Unfortunately, it didn't work for me, and I pretty much went in the exact opposite direction. Once I had a job and could pay for some of my own food, my lunch of choice would be two candy bars -- every day. The problem for me is that it started to take over other areas of my life -- I was soon tempted to skip dinner so that I could have another form of dessert, or would be trying to obsessively calculate how long I had to exercise to try to burn off all the sugar. I was spending more than I should have been on junk food, and tried to cut calories on healthy foods so I could eat more things I liked, but were completely unhealthy.
In my case, "a daily candy bar habit" was most definitely a sin (and is something I still struggle with today.)
However, in your case, I believe you mentioned getting over an illness and this is the one thing that actually sounds appetizing.
This reminded me of a story I'd seen about a girl who was recovering from anorexia. She said that treatment centers had been worthless to her because the minute she saw a plate of food waiting for her, it brought out her urge to fight anyone who tried to make her eat.
Instead, her family came up with a different kind of recovery plan for her at home. Meals were always with other family members, and were served buffet-style so that EVERYONE, not just her, started out with an empty plate, so she was given the CHOICE of what she put on it and what/how much she ate -- just like everyone else was doing, so she wasn't singled out or coerced.
At every meal they had, her mom made sure it included some kind of sweet treat to the girl's liking -- usually in the form of a brownie, which was deemed her "safety dessert." The girl liked desserts enough that even if she chose not to eat anything else, she would almost always choose to eat this one safety food, and might be her only chosen source of calories for the day.
In this case, "a daily brownie" habit was her literal lifeline to recovery, as she gradually relearned how to feed herself in a healthier way.
From what you described, it sounds like your daily ice cream habit might very well be a connection for you towards a healthy recovery.
Take it to God -- and if you feel at peace and don't have any convictions about it, I say raise your spoon in thanks and dig right in.
Hope this helps... Please keep us posted on how you're doing.
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