I have been thinking a great deal about food over the years but realize since my bariatric surgery. I miss my friend food. The relationship isn’t the same. I can take a bite of my comfort food but not stuff it down. Devouring food is not in my new life style. I cannot allow myself to become sick.

So over the last few months, I am mourning my lost of food. My life is different as my mind adjust to a new body. I am transformed much like Paul talks about.

I’ve always enjoyed stories of rapid spiritual transformation, because they remind me that no one is beyond the gracious work of God.

The Apostle Paul experienced a dramatic story of radical transformation. He was actively persecuting Christians until Jesus met him on the road to Damascus (Acts 9). Paul’s life was immediately turned around. From that point forward he advocated for the gospel of Jesus Christ as zealously as he had persecuted Christians in the past.

Paul knows something about spiritual transformation. Paul wrote Romans 12:1-2 under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, teaching us out of his experience of transformation.

Amen – Father we love you for all your gifts, but the Holy Spirit is the ultimate gift. It provides us that in dwelling and immediate access to you. Amen!!!!