Food

Most of you know that I am on a pretty rigorous diet. I am losing weight and doing well - and I am having some insights about my relationship with food. Food is one of my hobbies - and I am thinking about that and how I am going to have to have a better perspective of food, be in balance so I don't become overweight again.

Yesterday I bought a french baguette, it was perfect, for the family - I was not eating any of it, of course, on this diet. I had to break a piece off for B, and the crust was just exquisite - I could imagine cold, salty butter slathered on a hunk of it; I could taste it; I could feel it. I wasn't physically hungry - but then wanted to eat it. It would have been a simple pleasure, and I would have enjoyed it. Also, earlier in the day, I made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for B - I could imagine the taste, the texture and the way I would feel full and satisfied.

All of this made me think of Jesus statement in a new way - you know when he said, "My food is for me to do the will of my Father who sent me"? I had an understanding that it was more than just "sustenance" which alone was significant - his very life - but, it was pleasurable for him, he enjoyed it.