Smoothie Bowls, the Saving Grace for Those Who Love Dessert

🍍нOͦW ᴛⷮOͦ NOͦᴛⷮ ВⷡLOͦW YOͦUͧRͬ DͩIͥEͤᴛⷮ OͦN DͩEͤS͛S͛EͤRͬᴛⷮ!🍫

If you're like me then you LOVE FOOD, because it's fun! And YHWH intended it that way! The Bible is filled with celebrations of FEASTING and food BLESSINGS ❤ Our tatsebuds are a gift from our good Father who loves us! We connect over food, it brings back beautiful memories, makes wonderful gifts, and yes, brings comfort. This is not always a bad thing. It's the way YHWH intended it.

1 𝑺𝒂𝒎𝒖𝒆𝒍 14:29

𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑱𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, ❞𝑴𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅. 𝑺𝒆𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒚 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑰 𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚.

𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒏 5:1

❞𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏, 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒆;

𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒚𝒓𝒓𝒉 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒂𝒎.

𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒃 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚;

𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒌 𝒎𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒌.

𝑬𝒂𝒕, 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔;

𝑫𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒎𝒃𝒊𝒃𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒚, 𝑶 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔.❞

𝑫𝒆𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒚 8:7‭-‬10

𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝑶𝑹𝑫 𝒕𝒉𝒚 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅, 𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒉𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒚𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔; 𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒈 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔; 𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒊𝒍 𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚; 𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒕 𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒕; 𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒈 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒔. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒕 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝑶𝑹𝑫 𝒕𝒉𝒚 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒆.

𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒔 24:13

𝑴𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒏, 𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅,

𝒀𝒆𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒃 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆;

But we also know that too much of a good thing, can be a very bad thing and that temptation to over do it is VERY real. 🙁

𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒔 25:16

𝑯𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝑬𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅,

𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒗𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒕.

Our flesh is weak. Resisting with sheer will power will only get us so far and it is NOT FUN. Once we give in, the enemy's tools of shame and guilt are right there waiting to pounce and we find ourselves right back on a crazy cycle of deny, give in, deny, give in. Our jeans stay tight and our self esteem low and we live in constant defeat. 🙁

Guys, that's not freedom in Jesus. That's no way to live. If you can find a few recipes that you LOVE, where the food is delicious, beautiful, and special, where it feels like you're blessing your soul and spirit and treating yourself, but it also VERY GOOD FOR YOU physically, then you can get off that vicious cycle and start seeing some real results in your weigh loss and healing efforts.

Smoothie bowls are just what the Lord ordered 🙂 Fruits, veggies, nuts, herbs, whole grains, and FLAVOR, FLAVOR, FLAVOR 🙌 Constant variety, texture, color, creativity, it's all there and takes just a few minutes ro prepare. Especially if you cut up your fruit at the beginning of the week to just grab what you need when ready!

Here's a basic recipe, and a bunch of amazing ideas, for a perfect smoothie bowl! Just top with your favorite toppings, grab your spoon, get comfy on your couch and INDULGE ❤❤❤