You are what you eat

Welcome back to Unseen. This time the delay was not caused by technical difficulties, but by the fact that i got a new job and have been working really hard. healthy lifestyles and good eating are a big thing. Read on to see a spiritual lesson we can learn from this craze.

You are what you eat

 

Four women came to the doctor. Each had different problems, but they were all

related to diet.  The first woman was overweight and had limited strength and energy. The doctor found that she got plenty to eat but did not exercise and did not have enough opportunity to use the calories and nutrients that she got.  The second woman  was extremely, dangerously thin.  She was so weak that she was not functioning.  The doctor found that she often skipped meals and when she ate, she ate tiny amounts of food.  The third woman came in with problems similar to the second woman. She often ate large amounts of food, but then went long periods of time when she ate almost nothing.  The fourth woman was normal size, but still sickly and weak. The doctor found out that she ate, but she was dangerously low on protein and tended to eat microwave meals.  The doctor told each woman what to do to in order to correct their problems. Do you think that they did it?

            Every one of you probably knew exactly what to tell the four women in this story.  But what if we shifted the focus a little?  What are we eating spiritually?  Are we spiritually sluggish and weak because we have not used and exercised what we have learned? Are we skipping service and study times or quiet times, or doing only small amounts when we do come.  Are we going from mountaintop to mountaintop, and experience to experience to get our nourishment? Do we prefer simple pre-packaged study materials and devotional guides?

            If you are like me, you have been guilty of all of these things.  Things that we would never do to our bodies, we commonly do to our spirits without even realizing it. Let’s try diligently to feed on a steady diet or prayer, study and attendance. 

Let’s encourage each other to do the same.  We are all in this race together.