My life is rather full.  I have 7 children, 6 of which live at home, 4 of those I homeschool.  I also take care of a 2 yr old granddaughter during the day.  Monday through Thursday, I pack up my 4 children and head to the dance studio I manage in the afternoon.

I am responsible for the studio, for the teachers, students, and parents.  I report to the owner.   I must keep order while keeping all happy.  I must follow God's laws, her rules, and obligations set upon me by managing a dance school.  

Being a mom, I know that if your children feel important, they will want to return to the place you are taking them.  It is good business for me to not only run the office, but to laugh and play with all the children.  During tis 2-3 hour time period, I must keep my children calm, since they are stuck there until their dad picks them up and takes them home for dinner.

I am in the public eye as a Christian and a homeschooler.  Mothers want to see how I handle caring for and disciplining my children.  They want to see if I practice what I preach.  

If a teacher is running late or can't make it, I must also go into a class and assist with or teach that class.  I must stretch and do the steps.  (I only took dance until I was 6 and I'm over 40!!)  I must teach and sometimes discipline the students.

After work, I go home, where I am still a wife and mother.  Having already worked 2 full jobs, (homeschooling 4 children on 3 levels and babysitting for 8 hours, then managing a dance studio where I am responsible for up to 40 children at one time) I'm a bit tired.  Junk food, snack food, fast food,  and Starbucks tend to be a staple.  Yet, they are not enough.

I try eating healthier, and passing on healthier eating habits to my family.  This still is not enough.  There is still a hunger and emptiness.  I am still tired.

I study my Bible more diligently.  I pass this along to my children.  We study together before school.  We are now feeling satisfied.  We are now growing.

I now have the strength to be a spiritual leader for homeschool and the dance studio.  I now have the self control and wisdom of how to discipline my children in the public eye.  I now have the ability to participate in a class I haven't done in 35 years.  Now, there is the energy and desire to talk and spend time with my husband when I return from work.  I even have enough time and somehow, the desire to return to my love of crochet for others.

Food is good.  (Man is food good!!!!)   But everyday, we learn of a new recall, contamination, or health risk in the foods we are now eating (many times, eating in excess.)  The biggest pig-out session, while filling your belly, leaves an emptiness. 

God's word is full of love, compassion, forgiveness, wisdom, blessings, promises, eternal hope, and more.  There are no disclaimers on the side of the book.  By feeding on the Word of God, our spirit is filled, which creates more.  More wisdom.  More love.  More patience.  More compassion.  More faith.  More of what we each need.

God's word is the perfect food.  It fills our spirit man, and protects our physical man.   It is more than enough.  And unlike bread, God's Word does NOT end up on our hips.  God's Word fills our hearts.