Proverbs 25:16
If you find honey, eat just enough—
too much of it, and you will vomit.
The lesson is “moderation in all things.” Apply this to food. What are you eating now, not because you need it, but because you cannot restrain yourself? Honey is healthy food until you eat too much of it. And as with any food, eating too much of anything will cause your body to react. The result is that the very thing that was good and which gave pleasure turned into an enemy against your health and pleasure.
There is a purpose for exercising restraint, which is precisely to enhance pleasure, not reduce it. The person who learns to savor food by not overeating enjoys much more the eating experience. To indulge in food is to deny ourselves the full enjoyment of food.
This lesson applies to every experience. The more we indulge, the less we savor. The more repetitive an experience, the less satisfying it becomes. And worse, the experience takes control of us, forcing us to insist upon more while receiving less satisfaction.
If you have found “honey,” take delight in it and restrain how much you eat. Enjoy it fully by not getting bloated by it. Then it will give you further delight in your memory and the next time you taste. Learn to savor your experiences by measuring your intake. It will heighten your senses and enrich your memories.
Psalm 113
Praise the Lord.[a]
Praise the Lord, you his servants;
praise the name of the Lord.
2 Let the name of the Lord be praised,
both now and forevermore.
3 From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets,
the name of the Lord is to be praised.4 The Lord is exalted over all the nations,
his glory above the heavens.
5 Who is like the Lord our God,
the One who sits enthroned on high,
6 who stoops down to look
on the heavens and the earth?7 He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
8 he seats them with princes,
with the princes of his people.
9 He settles the childless woman in her home
as a happy mother of children.Praise the Lord.