Gluttony

What is Gluttony? Gluttony is excessive eating and drinking. What's the difference between binge eating and gluttony? Is there one? What's the difference b/tw. binge eating and just grocery shopping? Here are some examples:

Binge: Eating something from the bakery on the way home and putting the package in the garbage can before going in the house.
Other: Bringing home dessert, sharing it and putting it on a plate rather than eating from the container.

Binge: Thinking of how much money I have on hand and what I can get off of the menus at every fast food place that i pass by.
Other: It's lunch time and I am out so I can stop and eat somewhere.

Binge: Having a number of fast food bags/drinks in your car.
Other: Being lazy and not cleaning out your car for a couple of days.

Binge: Planning your day around what you will eat.
Other: Living your days and doing what you have scheduled.

Do you fit into or see yourself in any of those categories? Are you wondering if I do? At it's core, gluttony proves that we value the flesh more than the Spirit.

Food has always been my friend. Food could be gotten anywhere/with money or credit cards. When I was at any emotional level. But, what I have realized and keep realizing this that food never loves you back. Food gives you a quick instant fix and then leaves you in debt. I have been reading a lot of books this summer. I am on my 14th right now. They differ in what they are about/how they are written. I had read the Guru book and just finished a three book series on Amish people. They all lived off of the land and food wasn't on their mind all of the time. I don't know if it was/is a prestigious thing, like see, I can eat her, buy this food whenever I want. Either way, food shouldn't be a thing where it is your idol. You need food to nourish you and not to make you feel good about yours. I am writing this and telling myself also. I know that everyone has their own thing. Their idol that they pretend that it's not there, but it is ever present at times. Smoking, sex, drinking, TV, working out. Mine just has always been food.

Lord,
Please forgive me Lord. Especially for my tendency to make food an idol.
Amen