Been feeling the need to...

...eat almost exclusively raw again.

1 Corinthians 6:12-30
12 All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.
13 Food is for the stomach and the stomach is for food, but God will do away with both of them. Yet the body is not for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body.
14 Now God has not only raised the Lord, but will also raise us up through His power.
15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take away the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be!
16 Or do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body with her? For He says, "the two shall become one flesh."
17 But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him.
18 Flee immorality. Every other sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the immoral man sins against his own body.
19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?
20For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.

The question, "do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?", has opened up a huge door for me in my life in seeing that it is important to take care of your body. This was something I was always interested in, but when I started following after the teachings of Jesus, I wanted to know what the scriptures had to say about it. Taking care of the body properly, I believe, includes a balance....being careful not to neglect your mind,your spirit and your heart.

Mark 12:30
And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.

These verses from the letter to the Corinthians reminds me that my body is a member of Christ body. Sexual immorality is the example used and I believe it goes beyond that. Anything I do to my body, I am doing to Christ body. My body is a precious temple of His Holy Spirit. As a follower of Christ, I believe I must prayerfully develop within myself, a nurturing care for His temple. I must give it nourishing, nutrient-dense foods and treat it with respect. If I live in a state of poor health that is avoidable, how can I have the strength to engage my mind in learning, helping, giving or even keeping concentration during prayer? I can express my love to the Lord by taking care of all aspects of myself, taking care of this vessel that God has breathed life into. It is an act of worship. It is a concrete way to show my thankfulness.

I'm tired of overly processed foods and convenient take-out. I want to keep these things to a minimum, but I will partake in the occasional fellowship that involves going out for a meal together. And the occasional cooked vegetarian/vegan with a mix of raw foods meal. I'm ready.