{"id":890,"date":"2021-03-16T01:14:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T01:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=890"},"modified":"2021-03-15T15:15:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T15:15:36","slug":"a-nutritious-meal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/a-nutritious-meal\/","title":{"rendered":"A Nutritious Meal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday, March 16<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Nutritious Meal\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts. Jeremiah 15:16<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eating a balanced diet allows you to get the right amount of nutrients every day. Each meal keeps us healthy, builds our immune system to fight off sickness, keep energy levels up, keeps our minds sharp, and affects our mood and many other important things. As you can imagine, skipping too many meals can cause illness, interfere with our body\u2019s appetite and mood. In fact, nutritionists warn that skipping too many meals can interfere with our body\u2019s appetite and cause us to develop strong food cravings, especially for sugar and carbohydrates. The same thing can happen spiritually. If we are not nourishing the spirit man with the food (God\u2019s Word), it can lead to a spiritual sickness. Likewise, if we begin skipping our regular time of personal Bible study, we might lose our healthy appetite and begin feeding our mind with mental junk food.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s verse says \u201cThy words were fond, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy<\/em>\u2026\u201d Are those not some amazing phrases to describe a reaction to reading God\u2019s Word? We opened up the Bible, \u201cYour words were found and I ate them.\u201d We take them in. Meditating on them brings me joy. It’s an imagery\u00a0of someone sitting down to a feast of good food and just diving into it, eating it. \u201cYour words became to me a joy,\u201d like enjoying. Picture not just any meal. Picture a great meal. You just sit down and you enjoy eating, like every bite is oh so good.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what Bible reading is. Bible reading, memorizing, studying, meditating, it\u2019s all about eating God\u2019s Word, letting them become to you a joy, the delight of your heart.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s normal for a healthy soul to crave a few morsels from the book of Proverbs, which are simple and easy to digest. Other times we need a long, slow, hot meal from Ephesians or Ezekiel. Are you ever hungry for the Sermon on the Mount? Thirsty for the worship of the Psalms? Ravenous for Revelation?<\/p>\n

God\u2019s menu for our mind and heart, it\u2019s like manna for every morning and bread for every night. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Prayer for today<\/strong>: Oh, God, we praise you for your Word. We praise you for its goodness which brings delight to our hearts. Amen.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tuesday, March 16 A Nutritious Meal\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts. Jeremiah 15:16 Eating a balanced diet allows you to get the right amount of nutrients […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":892,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890\/revisions\/892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}