A Work in Progress

Thoughts on Food Part 1: Introduction

"And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more; And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing."

"Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return."

This is what happened after the great fall of man. Hard work is trying, painful, and humbling. It teaches us to rely on God's sovereignty and not our own merit and not the world. Why shouldn't something so basic as acquiring food for our nourishment involve hard work?

We must get back to the land if we wish to find real foods. We must live deliberately daily. What does that mean in terms of food? We should spend our time seeking out natural food sources - our own gardens, crops and animals. If we do not have our own land then seek out local family farmers who grow organic, real produce. Find someone who raises pastured cows and chickens.

It can be done. It should be done.