Millstones

A mighty angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone
and threw it into the sea--Rev.

I work with people who have issues with food. I do not say they are addicted to it, but they have issues, as do I. I read something about this issue everyday. One of the most important things I have read was from a book by  Francis MacNutt called The Practice of Healing Prayer. In it he mentions working with an alcoholic and praying 'to take away his need' for alcohol. Every day I pray for God to 'take away my need' for the chocolate and sugar that waylay my health and happiness: these are some of my millstones.  I have other millstones too: bad attitudes about people or situations or work or responsibilities. I'd like to have them chucked into the sea just as this angel has done in the Book of Revelations. I pray for the miracle. I also pray for the ability to see  the error of my ways, to learn how to correct these errors, and to put my lessons into action. In that way I shall do my part of the miracle, helping to chuck it. Give me strength O Lord.