This is such a beautiful perspective on the spirituality behind food.
If God created the world for us to nurture, cultivate and enjoy... If He created our world with intention, meaning, significance and purpose... If matter, matters... then what are the implications for a chef, a gardener, an entrepreneur or an artist? What context does that provide for your work? For your recreation? For your meals?
If food was intentionally provided by God for our enjoyment and if the experience of sharing a meal together is such a intensely communal experience then how should that impact your eating habits? When was the last time your family sat down for a meal together? When was the last time you invited a stranger to join you?
How should our theology impact our fast-food culture?
If the final image in Revelation is a massive heavenly banquet filled with all the nations of the earth enjoying the ultimate communal experience together with their creator then what are we to do about our one billion hungry neighbors living in the nations of the earth today?
If salt allows food to taste more like itself and Jesus says that we are the salt of the earth then what is our role on this planet that he intentionally created to be enjoyed?
That video was just amazing!
God set me free about 2 years ago and He works with me day by day to show me how to live in Liberty. He is currently working to free me physically from pain that I have caused myself and He is using food to do it. And by "food" I mean the closer to Creation the food is, the better! He has taken me deep into the spiritual meanings behind food and things like nourishment. Every time I turn around He shows me another social issue wrapped up in food, I am constantly coming in contact with the suffering caused by the way the world now deals with food. But He also shows me what is being done about it and what I can do, for myself, for others...for the world.
The "food issue" runs deep for me and is one I am continuing to learn more and more about. I am currently working on writing up a Bible Study that reflects on the idea of what it actually means to "see someone thirsty and give them water", to feed and to clothe them etc. The implications of what it means to "feed someone" are incredibly profound!
Thank you so much for this posting!
Posted by: Colleen Corliss | July 05, 2011 at 08:18 PM