One of the awesome things about ULC is the post-service Soup Lunch - today we had pretzel rolls to go with our choice of chili or Zuppa Toscana :-) After all the exercise and dieting I've been doing lately, that pretzel roll was sooo delicious - I savored every bite of it with my soup! I love food. I've always said that I have a 300 pound inner-child. I don't just eat because I'm hungry, I eat because it tastes good, because I'm bored/lazy, or just because I'm craving it and I want to!
As food is the nourishment of our body, spiritual practices are the nourishment of our soul. We experience spiritual hunger, satisfaction, laziness and craving. And just as we each have our own preferred foods, we have our own preferred methods of worship. What's amazing is that God is available to each one of us in the exact way that we need - we just have to seek out that connection the same way we frantically seek out our most beloved comfort foods in the back of our kitchen cabinets.
John 6
32 Jesus said to them, “Very
truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from
heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
34 “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”
35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
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