We've been making wonderful improvements in our diet in the last month. We are eating mostly whole foods, little to no white flour or white sugar, eating less processed foods and eating as much organic products as we can. I can't speak for the other four in our home, but I can speak for myself when I say ... I am starting to feel good. I can tell that my body is 'purging the evil'. :) The next step is to incorporate exercise.
Usually I am always up for exercise. Growing up, we had a full gym in our house and I watched my parents use it routinely. It was natural as I got older to feel that life is not normal without it. After each pregnancy (until now), I've always been strictly regimented. After Colin's birth, I've been too tired to even care for it. I realize that I am due some grace since I am caring for 3 children under 3.
But alas, this is the year of no excuses, right? So here is to today, to begin a healthful return journey to exercise. And who knows what goods I might find along the way. Strength, energy .. my brain, perhaps. Oh how I have missed my brain. :)
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Purge the Evil Among You
A few months ago, our sunday school classed welcomed Mr. M, a former elder in our church, to come and give a teaching on Deuteronomy. In his first lesson, he discussed why God gave the Israelites clear instructions on how to live. Sometimes we look at God as a drill sergeant and a party pooper. But God was trying to keep his people safe and healthy. Just like when we tell our children not to drink poison or not to run out in front of a car.
One of the commands that God gave them was not to mix breed their cows, because that would cause marbling in the meat, which is fattier and unhealthy. It was when Mr. M explained this passage that I felt a twinge of guilt for what I had been feeding my family.
During this time of our study in Deuteronomy, I was also in a women's bible study class called Hayesod. A christian teaching on our Jewish foundation. There were two significant sections to me during this bible study. One study discussed the Jewishness of Jesus and how he followed the Jewish customs, even their diet, and how Paul also followed the Jewish customs, along with their diet. Restraints in eating was a way to honor and show reverence for God.
I began to mull this over in my mind and could start recalling passages of scripture where God gave very strict and clear instructions on food. What to eat, what not to eat. When to eat, when not to eat. Where to prepare it, how to prepare it. Who was to eat what and when.
Tim, at this time, was also reading passages of Deuteronomy out loud to me. I realized how many times the book says, "Purge the evil among you." I don't suppose that he was referring to their food, but that is how I interpreted that at the time. Purge the junk food among us.
And so begins my journey.
There are so many healthy ways to eat. And I feel like I have forgotten how to eat healthy. So I bought a book of Amazon called, Feeding The Whole Family. The author focuses on whole foods. She defines whole foods as anything that has been around for thousands of years. There are other criteria as well such as, can you read the label and know what the ingredients are? Can you picture where the food originated from? Can you imagine it alive or growing?
I think this is a great way to start. God filled the earth with things for us to eat and enjoy and keep us healthy. We were never meant to eat chemicals.
Living on a budget will restrict how far we can take this food journey, but we will definitely do what we can.
One of the commands that God gave them was not to mix breed their cows, because that would cause marbling in the meat, which is fattier and unhealthy. It was when Mr. M explained this passage that I felt a twinge of guilt for what I had been feeding my family.
During this time of our study in Deuteronomy, I was also in a women's bible study class called Hayesod. A christian teaching on our Jewish foundation. There were two significant sections to me during this bible study. One study discussed the Jewishness of Jesus and how he followed the Jewish customs, even their diet, and how Paul also followed the Jewish customs, along with their diet. Restraints in eating was a way to honor and show reverence for God.
I began to mull this over in my mind and could start recalling passages of scripture where God gave very strict and clear instructions on food. What to eat, what not to eat. When to eat, when not to eat. Where to prepare it, how to prepare it. Who was to eat what and when.
Tim, at this time, was also reading passages of Deuteronomy out loud to me. I realized how many times the book says, "Purge the evil among you." I don't suppose that he was referring to their food, but that is how I interpreted that at the time. Purge the junk food among us.
And so begins my journey.
There are so many healthy ways to eat. And I feel like I have forgotten how to eat healthy. So I bought a book of Amazon called, Feeding The Whole Family. The author focuses on whole foods. She defines whole foods as anything that has been around for thousands of years. There are other criteria as well such as, can you read the label and know what the ingredients are? Can you picture where the food originated from? Can you imagine it alive or growing?
I think this is a great way to start. God filled the earth with things for us to eat and enjoy and keep us healthy. We were never meant to eat chemicals.
Living on a budget will restrict how far we can take this food journey, but we will definitely do what we can.
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