Eating at The Lord's Table is focusing on 'feeding' my cravings, longings, desires on the LORD (Towb) first. It is not only a scriptural principle that affects our physical body, but a physical habit that conquers cravings because it replaces them with something (oops, someONE) better. Better, means that this choice better provides pleasure and satisfaction than anything I sought after, including food like chocolate or sugar.
An interesting video series by Robert Lustig, MD, UCSF Division of Metabolism and Endochronology really opened my eyes to the addiction of fructose. Notice I did not say sugar, as the biochemists explained that fructose without its antidote (fiber - the way it was created) is a poison - causing increased uric acid which imbalances not only blood sugar, but cholesterol, blood pressure, and much more. He purports that NO liquid form of sugar drink is healthy. A natural doctor also recently challenged a new habit I thought was healthy - drinking "Naked" fruit juice. Just because it had no added sugar, and was from 'natural' fruit I thought it was good for me. His reaction was a question: When God created fruit trees how was the fruit presented for my consumption - was it pre-juiced and in little bottles? No. It was in fruit form, with pulp - fiber. Then he pointed out that if I tried to eat all the fruit represented in that bottle, my plate would be heaped and it was highly unlikely I could consume that much at one sitting. It just wasn't meant to be. No wonder the body goes wacky trying to metabolize a 'mainline dose' of liquid sugar that was created to be consumed with the antidote so it could be delivered and utilized properly by the body. In that form it harms the body. It doesn't even satisfy - it addicts and increases the thirst for more. This is particularly true in soft drinks and sports drinks which contain both sugar and salt.
Well there is a big reason why I have to detox again. I had some sugar in Iowa and though I thought I'd carefully limited it with advice to eat good 90-95% of the time, it was obviously too much for my body, and I got sick - the first time in ages.
Now compare that temporary, proven to be poisoness, sweetness with eating at The Lord's Table. Did that taste offer anything healthy or even helpful to my body? No. Nothing. Worse than nothing - it offered me a reaction similar to consuming ethanol. Did it taste good? Yes, but did it satisfy me? No. Did it make me feel better? To tell the truth I felt ill before I finished my little taste. Now granted, over the years I had accustomed my body to eating and tolerating much more of the poison until I felt ill. Apparently eating healthily has lowered my overdose threshold.
I no longer think 90% of the time is enough. That may be 'realistic' if I want to continue tempting the addiction to take over again, but I really don't. I haven't been "sick" in so long, I'd forgotten how miserable it feels - I don't like it, and why should I feed this illness if I can choose to feed health?
Taste refers to using judgement or discernmen
and see - infers a result from tasting - that something will become visible - and what is that?
that the LORD is good (Towb - better - sweeter - champion over anything)
Look how the Message explains it:
Open your mouth and taste, open your eyes and see—how good GOD is.
Blessed are you who run to him.
I'm running.
This is Cara Cara.
I hope you can see the pink flesh of the fruit. So light and tasty. That was today's favorite.
Next five-seven days will be fruits and vegetables to get my body back on track. So that's through Tuesday or Thursday.
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