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com. At a fundamental level the only way that we can eat well is by being well eaters and the

only way that we can be well eaters is by being made well through the blood of Christ. Remembering this is so

central to our family tables. There is no unclean food, there are only unclean

people. Our tables are a place of gratitude. We used to be unclean and now we are clean. But it is still

possible to break fellowship with Christ and how we approach our food and how we behave

around our tables. Here are a few ways to do that. First we can be fearful. We can

spend our time fretting over what we are eating. We can worry that food is one

big trap waiting to trick us into cancer, into heart disease, into pasty children with unhealthy guts and

developmental problems. This is like the disciples standing on the boat

worrying over the waves in the wind. Jesus rebuked them when they finally

woke him.

Oh, he of little faith,

did you think that this was a problem for me?

Christian mothers may not be fearful about food

because Jesus is our Savior.

He is with us, and he does not want us to fear.

Second, we can be disobedient. We can pursue food interests that our husband does not want us to.

We can break fellowship with our husband if he buys

our children donuts. We could get so into health food that our husband doesn't feel

welcome at his own table. In other words, we could get so consumed with the healthy food that we are no longer healthy people.

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