“Regarding good”

“So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil. Romans 14:16

Verse reflections:  Everywhere we turn diets are making us regard natural, God foods as wrong or “evil”.  “Don’t eat nuts or peanut butter, they have too many calories, don’t eat beef it has too much fat content, don’t eat potatoes they have too many carbs, don’t eat eggs they will increase your cholesterol” … and the list goes on.  If we listen to fad diets we will be paranoid about eating many of the foods God makes for us. We have to remember that God made the natural, pure foods specifically for us to eat. They are good foods.  There are advantages to all of God’s foods.  When you eat nuts, or beef, you feel full for longer and over a period of time will eat less.  One medium potato (with skin) has 30% of our daily vitamin C, 15% of our potassium and 10% of vitamin B6.  However, we do have to be aware of our individual bodies.  Someone with a high glycemic index may need to limit their intake or potatoes or rice.  I am not a scientist but my Father was.  Any of the foods that God made have nutritional value.  Period. Do not let fad diets, one article, misinformation make you avoid God food and regard them as “evil”. We know these foods are important to our health mentally and physically. Don’t avoid His foods and reach for processed foods from the grocery store instead that promise “low fat”, “no sugar”…  We are constantly tempted by food promising to deliver what the fad diets want you to believe you need. Don’t believe the promises. Eat the foods God made for us, within the directions from any medical personnel. Eat the foods God lovingly, carefully created to nourish our bodies.

Prayer:  Thank you, Father, for reminding us that we cannot fall into the trap of the world. Your foods are always pure and nutritious and good for our bodies. Lord, continue to convict me to choose Your foods instead of craving the processed sugary foods, carb ladened foods. You are all-knowing and You created this earth with all the foods we need. Give us cravings for these foods with the delicious smugness of knowing that we are making our bodies healthier with every bite. Lord, You have already solved all our problems, yet we keep creating new ones. If we would give us the crazy fad diets telling us that various food groups are “evil” and just realize that it is the processed foods that keep adding on the weight and fooling our bodies into thinking we are never full. Thank You for our leprechaun leptin that makes us feel full. Thank You for giving us foods that do not inflame our bodies. Give us the ability to discern good from “evil” as You instruct us in this verse. We KNOW what to do, we KNOW which foods are God foods, now give us the strength to believe in what is good.

Did you know?  Grocery stores put all of the natural, God foods around the outside and the processed foods are on the interior aisles.