Food!

So there was a very cute little skit done in my church today to "advertise" for the youth's sub sale for Super Bowl sunday. The boy was sad because the Packers weren't in the Super bowl but the girl set him straight by reminding him Super Bowl sunday was NOT about football - but about food! (Which is funny knowing how methodist gatherings are very often about food!) So the point of the skit was to get people to think about food on super bowl sunday instead of foodball and buy that food from the youth.

I chuckled just at all the old jokes we used to make about if there is food the people will come. We all need food, we all like food. . . but lets go back to that we all need food. Our physical bodies need food for strength. When we don't get it we get hungry. Our spiritual bodies are the same way - we need food for strength. Where does one get food for the spirit?

Food for the spirit is found in many ways. I find that it is most important to get a regular daily schedule going. A time set aside, 5-20 min a day. Time to quiet, time to read, time to pray. Everyone has their own ways to relax and have God time. I like to write personally but one can draw, sing, paint, meditate, take a walk, or a million other things. Reading scripture should be a part of these quiet times. Here is some scriptural wisdom:

1 Peter 2
1Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. 2Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.

Jude 1:19-20
20But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. 21Keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.

1 Timothy 4:7-8
7Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives' tales; rather, train yourself to be godly. 8For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.

Just as we feed our physical bodies we must feed our spirits. We are not accustomed to feeding them but many of us feel an emptiness that can only be filled with God. We can't just fill it with God once a week, we need to feed our spririts everyday. I highly recommend having an accountabilty partner or group. I'll do another blog on that one though. Remember however the importance of feeding your spirit. We all experience some of that emptiness that can only be filled with God's love.

God Bless,
your sister in Christ~Erin