Feeding the Avatar

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KROME

Take a look atyour physical

body.

FEEDING

THE

AVATAR?

Youvebecomeusedtothatbodybeingyou.Though

itspartofwhoyouare, itsnotthecompleteyou.

In some ways it can be related to an avatar that youuse for your mission on earth. You control it, sure, justas you would control a character in a computer game.While that computer avatar may seem real to a gamer

asthrough it theycan interactwith

others in the game and see the effects

ofthingstheydo

thatavatar is notreality.

Illtake that

one!

Excellentchoice,

sir.

Amessage

fromJe

sus


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Computer games can be prettyresilient.

After you screw up in a game, you can often re-spawnor restart to keep on going where you left off.

Some losses to your charactermight be there, but the effectsarent really that long lasting.

Now, imagine thata human playing acomputer gamemade decisionson how to takecare of hisphysical bodylike when to eat,sleep, and allthatbased onhow his computeravatar wasfaring.

While playing the game, this fellowwho is quiteconsumed in the funmight miss his dinner.

Hethinks

tohimself, Hey, my character in the

game is still running andjumping with as much energy

as before.

Eating my dinner had no effect onmy avatars performance in this

game. Eating must not really matter.Skiiiiiip!

MUNCH!

-50Points

SPROING!

InstantRecharge

Charg

e!SECURIT

Y

BREECH!LAUNCH

Dinner!

SKIP!!

Click


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However, itsnot

yourgamecharacter

thatneedstodothe

eating;itsthereal

youthatrequiresit.

While skipping a physical meal may seem to have no immediateeffect on the avatar in the game, it does affect the real you.And eventually if you skip your meals often enough, it willaffect even the representation of you in the game.

When you go for a day or two without eating, you lose focus,you feel weak,

yougetdistractedbyhungerpangs,andthataffectsyourgameplay

you startmissing stuff,screwing upmore often,

and bumming out the restof your team.

Name: AVATARSpecies: FIGMENTA IMAGINATUSHit Points: 3,500

Consumption: UNNECESSARYStrength: 70Status: UNREAL

Buns of Steel

Legs of Iron

Bellyof Brass

Briefsof Calvin

Klein

Name: HERBERTSpecies: HOMO

SEMI-ERECTUSHit Points: 4Consumption: 1 CARROTStrength: -3Status: LIVING

FOR NOW

Boney elbowsWarning: Sharp!Keep away from

children!

Spare Ribs

Bunsof 2nd Hand

Rubber

Ugly, tatteredbriefs,

Irrelevant

Theforc

e

isweak

inthis

one.

Grunt!

Snort!

Here liesHERBERT

He hathnot exactlydone what

he could.

Ribs

MoreRibs


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The same can be said for your spiritualmealsyour time with Me. You cant just

look at the physical effects of our timetogether to determine whether

or not its reallydoing anything

for you,

because you may not notice the physical effects right away.

Instead, you have to look at the real you, your spirit,which is controlling your body in this physical world.

Dont get sowrapped up inyour physicalyou that youthink that thischaracter is allthat matters. Theinner youyourspiritis hungryfor spiritualnourishment andneeds time todo those thingsthat keep youalive and on topof your game.

Your spiritualmeals matter andmake a differencein your spiritual

performance, whichdirectly affects

your physicalperformance. So

whether or not youfeel or see those

effects immediatelyphysically or in

your physical world,believe that it doesmatter, because thespiritual you relies

on that spiritualfood for strength,

ability, focus,anointing, grace,

and all those other

powerful qualitiesthat help you toplay well andprofessionally

in this earthgame.

Trainer

Word Glug

Grrrr

Grrrr

Squeak

WillReect forSpiritualFood

DONOT

DISTURB

Yikes! Its goingto take a lot more doses to

get back in shape!

Glug

Sque

ak

Originally published August 2009; updated. Illustrations by Mike Krome. Design by Stefan Merour.

Copyright 2011 by The Family International

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