Day 16 - Communion and Food

1 Corinthians 23-29:

For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over, took bread, and, after he had given thanks, broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.
Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will have to answer for the body and blood of the Lord. A person should examine himself, and so eat the bread and drink the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself.

 Commonly known as the 'communion' passage, these verses spoke to me about how I eat my daily bread.  It is well known that America with all our rush and bustle, is the fattest nation (and with the most illness) in the world.  My hubby and I often joke that while he is seasoning his food or fiddling with the remote, I have finished eating.  If I am in such a rush, I wonder, if I am savoring my food - am I tasting it, and consuming it in the same way I take communion: in remembrance of the provision, thoughtfully - eating only what is needed (not gluttonously) but prayerfully.  Sometimes I get into the habit of thanking God for my food without thinking what I am really saying.  Oh, I do mean what I say - and am thankful for the provision and the gift of taste and variety, but... how often do I think of what had to take place for the provision to get to my plate.  That is what I was thinking on today.  God provided work for us to receive funds to purchase available food.  He provided knowledge to me of what is good for my body and what is not (examination of the food as well as my motives).  And He provided abundantly (He gives me ideas of what to do with what we have).  Jesus could have used anything for his illustration of remembrance for communion, but He chose food - something I would be facing every day- something I need to partake of to live, yet something I have a choice to accept what He's provided (or what has been perverted).   Eating will be a daily reminder to me of sharing a meal with Christ.  Pretty awesome dinner companion!

Brunch:  Roast Beef on Swad (an Indian thin bread) and veggie mix: peas, carrots, cauliflower, and fresh cranberries.  Swad comes in many flavors from bland to spicy hot.  I prefer herbal flavors - this one is Fenugreek.  I get it at the store on 27th St. near Oklahoma (across from Leon's Custard in Milwaukee).  Love it, love it. Thin, slightly crunchy, flavorful, only 70 calories and size of small plate.

Dinner:  Salad topped with pears, tuna/salmon salad and yummy CranberrySweet vinagrette.  Diamond Pecan crackers on the side.

Exercise:  Treadmill and stairs