Today as I was thinking of the last few years and what I've been learning about trusting God and listening to him. Three years ago I was about seventy, that’s right 70, pounds heavier. I didn't start out that way, none of us do, but somewhere in my late twenties and thirties I developed poor eating habits. The problem was that if you asked me I would tell you my eating was normal and even healthy. About three years ago I realized I was approaching the big 5 0, and if I didn't want to be overweight the rest of my life, something had to change. I told God I needed his help and that I would do whatever he showed me to do. Little by little he showed me things that I needed to change; I would change them. Now three years and seventy pounds later I realize that: I had to admit, to myself and to God that my own ways were not working. Often, I’m guilty of doing the same thing over and over even if it’s not working. In my own simple mind, I think “I know this has n