Becoming Wise to the Ways of Health

Can you handle the truth? If someone told you that the food you are eating is poisonous would you continue eating it? I did a blog about the perfect diet which suggested to my readers to go on the "NO FOOD" diet. It was meant for humor but it really makes sense if you take heed to all those against certain kinds of foods. I have found someone against every kind of foods we eat. Are they crazy?

I've come to the conclusion that all these naysayers against our supermarket foods are right. Our foods are hazardous to our health. Meat is bad, dairy products are bad, wheat is bad, vegetables are bad and the list goes on and on.  What are we to do? I know some of us pray over our food and it is a good thing to do but what about also using intelligence in choosing and preparing our foods. Even the prophets wouldn't eat the poisonous stew until Elisha fixed it so that it became harmless.  

And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not. So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.

But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot” (2 Kings 4:39-41).

White flour products are one of the most poisonous foods that you could eat. By reading one article like this one you should be crying out like the prophets, "There is death in the pot":  

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/03/26/The-Little-Known-Secrets-about-Bleached-Flour.aspx

Many will fluff off the truth about the foods they eat. "It's too much work to eat healthy or I don't have the time." Do you have time for the doctors when sickness come calling? Many are young and could care less about nutrition, while others are just too lazy to garden or prepare healthy foods.

"Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise" Proverbs 6:6.

I know it is not easy to work day and night, but being a Christian was never promised to be easy. It's hard to go against the system and become wise to the ways of health. But it is time to make a change. This is the day for action. Your life depends on it and your family depends on you making the right decisions.

We need start by making small changes in our lives and then continue to make more changes.  First we must acknowledge sin in our world. This system is not a friend to the Christian. It is geared for death.

"There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death" Proverbs 14:12.

"They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes" Romans 3.12-18.

I have another blog (Hay Bale Gardening) that will help us in beginning our quest for a healthy life style. Sure we must grow more of our own foods but we should also take heed to those who give us warnings about our food's corruption. With every warning there is a solution or modification that we can make to our foods. Instead of drinking lots of soda, drink water instead. Instead of eating white bread, eat sprouted wheat bread that is healthier for you. There are some things we may not be able to change but at least we are trying to become healthy and God will bless our efforts.

What is the purpose of living a longer life? As a Christian we can do more good and reap more rewards. By extending our lives we can glorify God longer and demonstrate to the world that God's ways of purity are better than the lust of the flesh and all its dainty morsels.