SPIRITUAL OUTLOOK; From milk to meatHampton, David A
The lost around us will argue our facts and figures, but they find it hard to argue when they’ve had a serious illness strike their household and we show up on their front porch with a homemade dinner. They used to refer to such selfless benevolence as “the milk of human kindness....
InThe Wealth of Nationseconomist Adam Smith proclaimed the advantages of a vegetarian diet. "It may indeed be doubted whether butchers' meat is anywhere a necessary of life. Grain and other vegetables, with the help of milk, cheese, and butter, or oil, where butter is not to be had, affo...
Sugar:Excitement. When we can’t provide excitement for ourselves, sugar does it for us; if we’re unable to allow someone else to share joy with us, we can use sugar as a substitute playmate. Dairy (milk, ice cream, fatty cheese):Love. Our first food was milk—mother’s milk. Rich...
But it is also milk and meat (1 Cor 3:2; Heb 5:12; 1 Pet 2:2), providing us with sustenance and energy to grow strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. The Word of God does all of these things and more for the Christian who knows how to use it. And since it ...
The spiritual babes need some solid food. They need some "meat" so they can grow up. Yes, adults drink milk, but it is not their exclusive diet. Observe the contrast between the immature with those of full age, spiritually mature. ...
I cut my hand this morning while preparing breakfast. The sharpness of the knife sliced more of my finger than the frozen meat needing cutting. My understanding of the cardiovascular system provided some quick thinking while my spirit became captivated with the LESSON GOD WAS PROVIDING ME IN THE...
Instead of making a new year’s resolution this year, make this Thanksgiving the beginning of a year-long practice in finding ways to be grateful: by keeping a gratitude journal, saying thank you more often, and appreciating all the goodness life holds. ...
In Tibetan Buddhism, it is said that when Buddha was born, he took seven steps, andlotus flowerssprang up everywhere he stepped. A white elephant appeared and gave Buddha a ride to his mother’s side. An old woman then offered him milk from her breast, which Buddha refused. The white ...
I wasn’t paying attention at the time. I was too busy reeling from my emergency C-Section; too worried about my milk supply and too preoccupied with fears that I’d never lose the 50 pounds I gained during pregnancy, that I’d never feel like myself again. And now I find myself ...