Wholeness

 

Wholeness

 

The following quote was part of a recent morning meditation

             God did not tell us to follow him because he needed our help but because he knew that loving                 him would make us whole.

                                                                                                                                    St. Iranaeus

 As I reflected on this quote, I focused first on the idea of God “telling” us to follow him, and I realized out of God’s incredible love for us, the Divine One has given us many resources in being able to love him, to live our lives his way, the way that can make us whole, filling us with peace and contentment.  

 We are triune people, made up of body, spirit, and soul. All three parts of us need to be kept healthy, and in this blog Gloria and I focus on food and eating, one aspect of the body. 

 As I reflected further, I thought of all the resources God has given us to keep our bodieshealthy--physicians, medicine, nutritionists, dieticians, food….  Over and over, we hear doctors, nutritionists, and dieticians tell us how important our diet is for a healthy body.

Proverbs 23:1-3 tells us “When you sit to dine with a ruler, note well what is before you, and put a knife to your throat if you given to gluttony.  Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive” (NIV).

Now, we realize that’s a little extreme.  I seriously doubt God wants us to put a knife to our throats, but the essence of these words is clear:  gluttony is not good for us.  It is not going to help us be whole.

As Gloria reminded us in her last blog post, we are in a season now where so much nutritional food is available (and tasty)--tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, sweet corn, melons, grapes, and on and on and on.

 So today I encourage us to go ahead and enjoy these gifts God has given us to help us be whole.

 

                                                                                                                                    Sharon Witty