We
eat to nourish our bodies, hoping to get the right vitamins and minerals thus
enabling our bodies do a variety of activities.
We know that sometimes we can eat food not for the nourishment but the feeling associated and there is also a social aspect to eating food and we can eat without thinking about what we are putting into our mouths.
For some
there are foods that will cause immediate harm when consumed, and those with
allergies are very careful about what they eat. For those with an intolerance, and there are times when
knowing that you have a problem with a particular food this is over ridden by
the feeling you get having eaten it and you then have to deal with the
consequences when this happens. I have
been guilty of this, in the last two years I've had to give up wheat,
dairy, and more recently soya but every now and then I am tempted to eat one of these food groups and then felt the effects after. As a family we have been trying some great smoothie combinations and to get more fruit and vegetables into our diet.
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| Green smoothie - using spinach and, pears and apples |
Nourishing
our bodies can also take the shape of getting regular exercise, and rest,
giving ourselves the necessary breaks and this is something that cannot be over
looked. You know how you feel when you
have been taking regular exercise and if allow your circumstances to get in the
way and you take a break from it you will begin to feel all the aches and pains
and start feeling sluggish. I am
currently at that point where before I went away on holiday I had started a
great exercise routine even carrying it into the first week of the holiday, and
then I allowed stuff to get in the way and have in the two weeks since coming
back not got my routine going, but now that I have owned up, will get on the
case!
Having
nourished our bodies, our minds have to be nourished, rest plays a part in this
but we have to feed the mind with information that will edify, we have to
ensure that we are continuing to learn new things, don’t let a month go by
without you having read a new book, or considered a new idea, or taken a
course. There is no point in your life
where you can say ‘I’ve learnt all there is to know about everything’, we have
to continue to challenge ourselves and grow.
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| Creating in Faith Bookmark holder |
Lastly
we have to feed our spirits with the nourishing word that comes from God. We have to be in the ‘Word’ on a daily basis,
applying the principles to our lives, renewing our mind, seeing what insights
we can gain, and how the word applies to what we need to do. We grow spiritually and we also have to look
at our lives and question how we have grown from yesterday, last week, month
and last year, it can’t be the same thing year after year, we have to be making
an impact into the lives of others using our gifts and abilities as we meditate
and apply his word.
As an artist I see
much of where my purpose lies with the creative field, I want to bless others
with my art, my words, and all the other creative areas that I am passionate
about, and so too as an artist there is still much to learn, new things to try,
and doors to go through.
What
are you ‘feeding’ yourself that you need to give a rest, what new things do you
need to try and how can you express that in your creativity?
Salvation
is from the Lord ....Jonah 2:9
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him
water to drink. Proverbs
25:21
Surely your goodness and
love will follow me all the days
of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Psalm 23:6
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