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Friday, March 16, 2012
Theology of Food III - Daily Devotion
What makes eating a spiritual practice? Eating is sustenance, that which we need to sustain our bodies, a vehicle for incarnate love, for a handful of hours. While sustenance may contain things we don't need, such as trans fat, salt, artificial additives, sustenance more importantly includes what we do need. We can choose to take in both the food to sustain us and the food we don't need, or, we can choose to focus only on what sustains us. Eating reflects our relationship with God. Do we rely on God for the things we do need: compassion, patience, excellence, sharing, or, do we mix those good things together with the things we don't need. Reflect on a day when you ate only what you needed to sustain your body. How might that enrich your relationship with God?
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I suppose of one eats only what is necessary to sustain our bodies in the same way, we can fast from impatience, selfishness, and all the things what would separate us from God ( our own self-made separation)and feast on kindness, sharing, love, etc. then it stands to reason that would strengthen our relationship to God...The way I see it, when I get my bloated nothingnress out of the way, I can truly connect with God.
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