In the past, I never really bothered to look at what was in the food that I was eating.  I had “heard” that just about all of it was pretty bad for you and was full of “bad stuff” but what did that really mean?  How true could such claims be?  After all, I was pretty healthy, right?

The truth is, once you discover exactly what is going on in our nation where food is concerned, and start looking around to find out more you will eventually be led to start reading the labels of the food you buy.  Only then will you come to grips with the true reality of all the trash the food companies are stuff into our food.  Weird stuff.  Bad stuff.  Some really bad stuff.  About as far from what would be considered natural health food as you could dream up.

The crazy part about this is that regardless of how much I know about the bad effects of this food, I am still eating it.  At least half of what I eat now is still composed of what I’ll call “non-food”.  Why?  Two reasons:

1. Habit – our lives are composed of habits that are not easy to reshape.  Much of it has to do with our daily routine and time management.  I believe that only once my life is under strict control will I be able to achieve the goal of only eating good, 100% organic food in my home.
2. Money – all the natural health material I’m reading right now that praises the good effects of eating healthy, natural foods never brings to light the truth about the cost associated with the change.  It’s not cheap.  Of course, the alternative is far more expensive in so many ways.  This is where a lot of prayer and faith are going to come in.

As I find myself eating unhealthy things (I made the family pancakes from a box topped with concentrated high fructose corn syrup) I wonder what is wrong with me.  Then I find myself overwhelmed with a enduring sense of gratefulness.  God has called me to not put poison into my body, not to encourage my wife to put poison into her body, and not to put poison in front of my kids for them to put into their bodies.  The Lord never reveals a path which he wishes us to follow and then doesn’t provide the means.

Yesterday I went to take the trash out and found that the bag I had tossed out the previous evening had been ripped open a bit, and some of the contents were pulled out.  I knew that it was the next door neighbors dog as I’ve caught him in the act multiple times.

The little bugger is old, but he’s rather fat as well.  His owners would do well to not keep him outside as long (he cannot be contained by their fence) but they do feed him.  So why does he eat the trash like a varmint raccoon?

I don’ think there is a good answer for this.  Maybe he likes the taste of rotting food.  Maybe he thinks he’s hungry.  Maybe he IS hungry.  Maybe he just has gotten into a habit and has no will or desire to stop.

Unfortunately, there are people all over America today that are doing the same thing.  They’re dirty dogs, eating filth.  Many do so because they like the taste of their rotten food.  Many do so because they are hungry and it’s the cheapest, fastest solution to their need for food.  Many do so because it’s a habit and they have no will or desire to stop.

That’s why I’m so grateful.  The Lord has shown me that my lack of discipline in making nutrition a priority is destroying my own body as well as the bodies of those who are entrusted to my care!  He’s helping me quickly move away from that pattern of living.  He will ensure that I will be given the strength to overcome the habits or behaviors that have entrapped me into eating this stuff.

I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me which is why I know that I’ll be able to pursue this new path of natural health and good nutrition instead  of being a slave to the American food production/consumption system.