{"id":554,"date":"2014-10-14T13:40:26","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T18:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crazy4fiction.com\/?p=554"},"modified":"2014-10-14T13:40:26","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T18:40:26","slug":"crazy4fiction-sneak-peak-francine-rivers-on-false-idols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.tyndale.com\/crazy4fiction\/crazy4fiction-sneak-peak-francine-rivers-on-false-idols\/","title":{"rendered":"Crazy4Fiction Sneak Peak: Francine Rivers on False Idols"},"content":{"rendered":"

Morning, fiction readers! In our daily lives, we all have struggles. Today on the blog, christian fiction author Francine Rivers shares with us some of her struggles and how God can help keep us centered on what’s important. Scroll down below to see sneak peek photos from Francine’s current trip to South Africa and find out how you can win her latest release,\u00a0Bridge to Haven<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThey (the people) replied, \u2018You must show us a miraculous sign if you want us to believe in you. What will you do for us? After all, our ancestors ate manna while they journeyed through the wilderness! As the Scriptures say, \u201cMoses gave them bread from heaven to eat.\u201d Jesus said, \u2018I assure you, Moses didn\u2019t give them bread from heaven. My Father did. And now He offers you the true bread from heaven. The true bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.\u2019 \u2018Sir,\u2019 they said, \u2018give us that bread every day of our lives.\u2019 Jesus replied, \u2018I am the Bread of Heaven. No one who comes to me will ever be hungry again. Those who believe in Me will never thirst\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0.\u2019\u201d (John 6:30-35).<\/em><\/p>\n

American Idols<\/b><\/p>\n

One idol that periodically troubles me is food. Or maybe it\u2019s weight. My mother got on the scale every day of her life and adjusted what she ate according to the numbers. It sounds obsessive, but she was health conscious because she had been very ill with tuberculosis in her twenties. I saw a picture of her in a bathing suit and said, \u201cWow, Mom. You were so slim.\u201d Her response:\u00a0 \u201cI wasn\u2019t slim. I was sick and skinny.\u201d She wanted to maintain a healthy weight.<\/p>\n

What is a healthy weight? The new fad is for a woman to have gaps between her thighs. Really? All through grade school and high school, I didn\u2019t want gaps. I wanted my thighs to meet and be toned and tanned. I\u2019m laughing as I write this. I finally got the meeting part. Forget toned and tanned. And now that I\u2019m in my late sixties, I don\u2019t give a hoot. Well, I do, but I\u2019m not willing to diet and exercise or lie in the sunshine all slathered with oil. It\u2019s hot out there! I want shade or air-conditioning. And who cares anyway? My legs still get me from point A to point B. That\u2019s good news.<\/p>\n

Idols have a tendency to destroy. I think of the young and old women suffering with bulimia and anorexia and now, the newly added diagnosis of orthorexia. What\u2019s that? \u201cOrtho\u201d is the Greek word for \u201cstraight, correct, or true.\u201d Those suffering with this eating disorder reject everything that is \u201cimpure,\u201d cutting out all sugar, processed foods, or anything that hints of unwholesomeness. The disorder is sometimes called the \u201cWhole Foods Syndrome.\u201d One man, a vegan, said in a newspaper interview that he wouldn\u2019t eat anything that might have lost its \u201clife force\u201d by being separated too long from its source (i.e. vine, plant, tree). This is taking vegan to another level, a dangerous one that nearly took his life.<\/p>\n

God made food to nourish our bodies. Food is one of the many blessings He gave us to enjoy. How easily the mind can turn something wonderful into something that we put on an altar.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve tried just about every diet that any women\u2019s magazine has touted over the years. I realize that for me the word diet <\/i>is problematic. Mention the word diet<\/i> and I get hungry! Food becomes my focus. I would think about when and what I could eat. I would grieve over what I had to give up. (Chocolate and barbecue kettle chips.) I would count calories and measure portion sizes. I would get on the scale each morning and check my weight to see if whatever diet-of-choice was working\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t diet anymore. I learned that all too often the hunger I\u2019m feeling has nothing to do with what I need to put in my stomach and everything to do with what I need to fill my mind and heart. Sometimes food is just a way to stuff the real issues down deep or deny them altogether. Sometimes the craving has nothing at all to do with food and everything to do with yearning for God to satisfy the hunger for a deep, abiding, indwelling relationship with our Creator, our Father, the Lover of our Soul.<\/p>\n

Food is needful and wonderful, but don\u2019t make it an idol.<\/p>\n

This October, Francine Rivers is visiting South Africa and would love to meet YOU.\u00a0\u00a0Click here<\/a>\u00a0for full details on her public appearances and book signings.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Below is a sneak peek at her trip thus far.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Francine
She had a book signing and listened to a presentation from the staff at Christian Art that celebrated over 1 million copies of her books sold in English and Afrikaans in South Africa.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Francine entered the warehouse at Christian Arts to the singing and rejoicing of an African choir of employees.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Washing<\/a>
There was a wonderful traditional African dinner to close out our evening. The waitress sang a blessing to us in Swahili as we washed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Don’t forget to enter our Facebook giveaway for a chance to win a prize bag full of books, including Francine’s latest release\u00a0Bridge to Haven<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Facebook<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to enter our Crazy4Fiction Facebook giveaway!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Happy reading!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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