A lot of eating happens around Christmas, and I know I am very much looking forward to another dose of Turkey! The holidays are a time to celebrate the birth of Christ with gift-giving and much love expressed in time together and lots and lots of food!
Usually we don't think very much about where our food comes from. We simply go to the grocery store or sit down at a table and there it is! Gone are the days when we had to actually see our food when it was still growing in the ground or walking around in a pasture. Not many of us have the experience of picking lead shot, like fish bones, from the pheasant we are enjoying. Yet part of our call as Christians is to be good stewards of the earth God has given into our hands. We are supposed to use it wisely and in a way that treats those who work it on our behalf fairly.
I want to encourage us in this season of eating to think about the choices we make with regards to food. It is possible, with little effort, to be part of the solution when it comes to improving our health, our environment, and even our economy. Buy locally grown food. Eat fresh food. And don't overdo it!
Today I saw a picture of a local farmer who lives just north of Port Stanley. She was kneeling in the snow harvesting carrots! What really struck me was her smile--she was enjoying her work! I thought of how she is clearly getting something that most of us are just learning: that when we ground ourselves in what is real (real food, real love, real God) we find joy and contentment.
I pray that all of us might be similarly grounded this season heading into Christmas.
God of all abundance, we thank you for preparing the earth to receive your glorious Son. We ask you to bless all those whose labor feeds us and whose work sustains the earth. Give us our daily bread that sustained in body and mind we may bring your new kingdom to earth. Help us, who eagerly long for your kingdom, to prepare Your Way. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ, your Son our Lord, Amen.
-t
2 comments:
And what colour will you be keeping this Sunday in? o{];¬)
Advent Blue, of course...
-t
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