"Wow...I'm full!"

How many times have you said those words, "Wow...I'm full!!!" Anytime I have overeaten, I have said that. I love being able to go out to a nice restaurant and enjoy their good food with so many options. But I stuff myself....full. Then I sometimes feel miserable, and at that point am very thankful for the little bit of stretchy waistband in my jeans! I should've known better and quit before I got that full. Now there's no room for anything else...especially when the waitress/waiter comes back to your table and asks, "Are you saving room for dessert?" CHECK PLEASE!

What other things do we get "full" of? Maybe you've had your fill of other people's griping, complaining and whining around about their life. It seems with people like this that nothing at all can ever go right and it's always "someone else's fault". I get my fill of that with people sometimes when they come to me and ask for advice and are wanting help figuring things out, but they don't ever make any changes to their life. I then say, "I've had my fill of that" and you wipe your hands clean of it all. It's not that I don't care....but eventually those people have to take some ownership in their life.

Or maybe your kids are drivin' ya up the wall! They're tired, grouchy, & fightin' with their siblings and all of a sudden we say, "I've had it....I've had my fill of this!"

Pet peeve: People that go on and on and on about themselves. Bragging constantly. It's all about them all the time. Annoying, isn't it? You've met 'em. Everyone has. It's those kind of people that hardly ever ask about your day and always talk about what's goin' on with them. I have learned to "tune out" of these one way conversations. And I've started to realize that these people that have to inflate themselves all the time is because of their false sense of humility, but also their lack of self-esteem. Of course, they probably wouldn't say that tho'.

Told ya....it's always "someone else's fault" that I get full.

But.....what about me? And what about you?

Jesus says in James 4:10 to "Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up." And in I Peter 5:5b..."All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, 'God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." Also read Philippians 2:3-11.

We are told not to boast (about ourselves), to put others first, to not be FULL of ourselves. That's tough to do sometimes, isn't it? We receive compliments from others and we think to ourselves, "I must be pretty special!" Or we look around and think we are better than someone else or we can do a better job than them. Our head is now gettin' bigger and we are full. Have you ever been around those kind of people that make you feel "less" than them? It's not fun for sure. Let's make sure we don't treat others like this so that they don't say of us, "I've had my "fill" of her!" And please don't misunderstand me. There are appropriate times to let others know what's going on and most definitely praise your kids, for example. In fact, as parents, we DO need to encourage them! But sometimes, enough is enough already. I mean after all...there IS a God and we're not it!

What then should we be full of? Let me suggest one to you: the Holy Spirit. Memorizing and actually working on "doing" the 9 fruits of the spirit that are listed in Galatians 5:22-23 would be a good start of becoming full of something besides ourselves. I wonder if all of those were in check, how much less of us and more of Him would actually take place?

Ask yourself this question: "How can there be any more room for God if I'm so full of myself?" So move over (insert your own name)....and become full of GOD!


Acts 11:24: "He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord." How would you like that to be said of you by Jesus Himself someday? Sounds good to me...