Food and Music

Two of my favorite things...

What are some of my favorite foods?

--Breadbowl soups
--Brie cheese
--Roast beef and brie sandwiches
--Crumbly bleu cheese salads
--Lasagna
--Pizza of all sorts, from deep dish to thin crust, but especially thin crust
--Cheesecake
--French Toast
--Mushrooms
--Toast with butter and jam
--Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches
--Fried Calimari
--Honey BBQ chicken wings
--Cheesy bean and rice burritos
--Cream cheese and salmon bagels
--Croissant breakfast sandwiches
--Special K with strawberries
--Mango flavored drinks
--Smoothies of all sorts
--Toasted Panini Sandwiches

"Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds from the mouth of God."

Some thoughts on food:

1. It is impossible to be satisfied with food. The full feeling is a removal of the desire for food, not satisfaction in what was eating.

2. The pleasure is deep only in the context of eternal things.

3. Overindulgence leads to joylessness in eating. Eating, as all things, should be done to the glory of God with a sense of joy. There is nothing worse than mechanical, joyless eating which robs food of all its enjoyment.

4. Hence, the purpose of fasting is to declare first of all that we are not dependent, but that we enjoy food as a gift, in the context only of the giver.

5. Fasting is hard, because we are so used to responding dependently to our desires. We fulfill them mindlessly rather than freely.

6. Food should be enjoyed with freedom, as all things for the Christian.

7. Ultimately, food is utilized powerfully to teach us of God. It is no accident that what we are to do in remembrance of him is to eat and drink. Think of the saints of God who have been taught to depend on him through receiving food from his hand alone. Elijah and Moses come to mind.