Diet and Food Talk
I'm writing another novel, and I noticed something about my characters. They don't focus on food. In my current work in progress, my main character drinks herbal tea, but other than that I don't know much about her food preferences. This leads me to think about the real world. When I get together with other people, the topic of conversation is often food. The more I think about it, this is comparable to talking about the weather. What does it matter tomorrow?
It's one thing if we're sharing a recipe, but most often the talk of food is pretty much useless small talk that does nothing more than turn thoughts to eating. I can't help but think of Eve in the garden again and how her focus turned to that forbidden fruit. But this morning before I stepped foot from my bed I talked over my eating habits with the Lord and he reminded me of the passage in Scripture where the Israelites are complaining in the wilderness about the food. He gives them the meat they're craving and some of them died with the meat still between their teeth. Yikers!
Not everyone who ate the meat died, just some. Could it be the people whose focus was fixed on food rather than on God? Numbers 11:19-21 says, "You shall eat, not one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days, but a whole month, until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you; because you have rejected the LORD who is among you and have wept before Him, saying, "Why did we ever leave Egypt?'" Boy does that sound like binge eating?
Anyway, I've asked for the Lord's help in this. Don't know why I tend to think I can do it on my own, because I never can. Yesterday was better than the days before, but could have been better. Need to get back to exercise too, now that the weather is pleasant again.
I'm hoping to get the soil prepared for my strawberries. Haven't grown them before so anyone with tips, I'm all ears. I don't want to put them in the garden but want to use them as ground cover. Some of the plants I bought actually have berries on them already, so I'm wondering if I can expect fruit this year?
Nutrition info on strawberries is as follows:
Serving Size: 1 cup sliced fresh strawberries (166 grams)
Calories 50
Protein 1 gram
Carbohydrates 11.65 grams
Dietary Fiber 3.81 grams
Calcium 23.24 mg
Iron 0.63 mg
Magnesium 16.60 mg
Phosphorus 31.54 mg
Potassium 44.82 mg
Selenium 1.16 mg
Vitamin C 94.12 mg
Folate 29.38 mcg
Vitamin A 44..82 IU
posted by Donna Sundblad at 5:44 AM
2 Comments:
I love the way you pull out Biblical truths about food. I reminds me that the Bible is God's word which applies to anything we encounter in life. Like a naughty child God has to remind me over and over that life is so much easier with His help!
Are they wild strawberry plants or the domesticated kind? I grew them eons ago but can't be much help. All I remember is that since I'm an organic gardener I set jar lids with beer out in the patch every night (advice from Organic Gardening Mag). The idea was that the beer attracted snails and slugs, apparently the critters are boozers! It did work. The other strawberry predators were my children. I was lucky to get enough for Strawberry Shortcake every once in a while.
In the Central Valley we are blessed with Truck Farmers who sell produce at roadside stands and Farmer's Markets. Strawberries are a main crop. I can't wait for the summer to come when the strawberries ripen. I buy a whole flat for 11 dollars and put them in the back seat for the trip home. The whole family eats them right out of the frig. I do have to say though that a sun-warmed berries pick straight off the vine and popped into the mouth is something I miss.
Have a great day!
Organic gardening! Now that's something I'd like to learn more about. For this year I'll settle for getting the garden in. Looks like rain tomorrow which will squeeze all the work into Sunday morning before we gather with believers around 2:00.
Never heard of the beer trick, but love those little tidbits of experiential knowledge.
Thanks for commenting, and the encouragement.
Donna
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