THE LORD WILL HEAR

 At the times my heart is overwhelmed with fear or doubt I go to this Psalm. My gratitude is to the LORD who authored this amazing prayer, but I also remember that my father and mother read the Bible together with us, their eight children every day. I don't remember when I memorized it, but I encourage you to take this as a prayer of your own.

Psalm 4. 

To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. 

O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah. 

But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him. 

Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. 

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD. 

There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. 

Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. 

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.

Psalm 4 in the KJV.

“THEY SAY” THAT THE FLOOD IN NOAH’S DAY WASN’T GLOBAL

We all hear this! But there is an important fact doubters of the truth of the Bible avoid: God hates violence! Just read the Bible for yourself and it will change you. Here are excerpts of the story of the Global Flood from the King James Version:

“These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect (“entire literally, figuratively, morally”) in his generations, and Noah walked with God. And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.” Genesis 6:9-13 

God to Noah:

“And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.” Genesis 6:19-21

“And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.” Genesis 7:19,20

And God remembered Noah, his wife, his three sons and their wives and not only landed them on dry ground, but sent the rainbow as a promise to them and to us: “I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.” . Genesis 9:13 

“And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.” Genesis 9:11

Sure, many uncontrolled floods have deluged the earth, through history. But God’s rainbow in the clouds still reassures us…if we recognize it for what it is!

FOOD BY FAITH...

 

FOOD BY FAITH

Instruction for Health and Nutrition is all through the Bible.

There is good news. All our food can be good, healthful, nourishing, energizing. It is there, coming from the earth, the trees, the vine, coming from rain from heaven. But of late, if we have been hurting ourselves because we are taking the “wide road” with devitalized food, why just quick and easy? Why processed food, chemical additives, devitalized, bleached and degermed grains and a listed “ingredient” called “natural flavor”? (So called “natural flavor” is a lie). It is making us unhealthy, sick; making us less than we want to be and can be. There is another way.

This “other way” has been a profound subject for me, too high, too broad, and too deep. At the same time, the worthiness and fascination of it calls me. It has call from childhood…for a lifetime. It is a “Way” which is hopeful because the Bible is correct in every respect. Spiritual food and physical food have similarities: one is for the spirit and soul, the other for the body. God promised over and over to bring His people into a land flowing with milk and honey. Here is an example of abundant spiritual and physical nourishment. When Scripture highlights food it can apply to our whole person: “I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our LORD Jesus Christ…;” (I Thessalonians 5:23). One type of food (spiritual) teaches about the other type (physical), but also the other way around. 

Instruction for Health and Nutrition is all through the Bible.

There is good news. All our food can be good, healthful, nourishing, energizing. It is there, coming from the earth, the trees, the vine, coming from rain from heaven. But of late, if we have been hurting ourselves because we are taking the “wide road” with devitalized food, why just quick and easy? Why processed food, chemical additives, devitalized, bleached and degermed grains and a listed “ingredient” called “natural flavor”? (So called “natural flavor” is a lie). It is making us unhealthy, sick; making us less than we want to be and can be. There is another way.

This “other way” has been a profound subject for me, too high, too broad, and too deep. At the same time, the worthiness and fascination of it calls me. It has call from childhood…for a lifetime. It is a “Way” which is hopeful because the Bible is correct in every respect. Spiritual food and physical food have similarities: one is for the spirit and soul, the other for the body. God promised over and over to bring His people into a land flowing with milk and honey. Here is an example of abundant spiritual and physical nourishment. When Scripture highlights food it can apply to our whole person: “I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our LORD Jesus Christ…;” (I Thessalonians 5:23). One type of food (spiritual) teaches about the other type (physical), but also the other way around.

A dependable God given way to eat and live!

LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE AND YOUR GIFTS

 For years I rode my bike through a neighborhood with a dirt road.  It is a route getting from one busy two-lane road having a side dirt road, to another one with a sidewalk.

 Near one end, as I cut through the neighborhood, on the corner was a lot with dense trees and bushes, and overgrown landscaping.  There was a house in there, it seemed.  A short cement driveway led to a two-car garage that was always closed.  There were a couple of lounge chairs and trash containers in the front.   Somehow, it was a charming scene. All around were beautiful homes in a well-established area.

 

One time riding past, I noticed a small homemade “For Sale by Owner” sign…it waited there for months.  Then, last week as I rode by loud noises were coming from that direction.  As I neared, the sign was gone.  A crew of about six men and a woman were working intensely, trucks and shredders were being used.

 

Yesterday, as I rode by again, I gasped out loud.  The crew was still there, but the house showed! Behind all the overgrown trees and weeds was a stunningly beautiful two, or three-story house.  I'm not sure now, the sight was so amazing!

 

I began thinking, riding on, “That beautiful house might be you. You are amazing.”  The overgrown, untended yard is not your destiny.  Fears, insecurity, doubt about your gifts need to be cleared. Competitiveness, comparing yourself with anyone is harmful. Make your move:  get around a crew of capable, honest and caring “Tenders” who believe in you and are ready to assist you in clearing away the brush.  I’m preaching to myself.  Get into the company of people who believe in Jesus and live by the Bible.  Here is permission: “The LORD is the one who goes ahead of you.  He will be with you.  He will not fail you or forsake you.  Fear not, nor be dismayed.”

Jesus said, “Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? And not to be set on a candlestick?”  Mar_4:21. 

 Reposted Nov., 2025

"And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD." I Chronicles 28:20.

THE FOOD FOR YOUR FUTURE

 The Creator’s design for us is for our wellbeing. It is what the Bible is about. And he created within the natural world natural nutrition. "Wherefore do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfies not? hearken diligently to me, and eat that which is good (best), and let your soul delight itself in fatness." Isaiah 55:2. Health. This “Fatness” is abundance.

 When His people would not choose well, they hurt themselves. "He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied you." (Psalm 81:16). "O Israel, you have destroyed yourself; but in Me is your help." (Hosea 13:9) "He makes peace in your borders and fills you with the finest of the wheat." (Psalm 147:14)

His people went astray, and he invited them back to Him using their health and beauty as an incentive: "And you were adorned with gold and silver; and your clothing was of fine linen and silk and embroidered work. You ate fine flour and honey and oil; and you were exceedingly beautiful." Ezekiel 16:13.

If a loaf of bread says “Whole grain, Multi grain” it may also include bleached, white degermed flour for a longer shelf life. If the manufacturer has leeway to mark things deceptively, we should know! This Link clarifies the differences: https://www.naturespath.com/en-us/blog/difference-whole-grain-whole-wheat/.

Food eaten as naturally as possible enhances health: fruit, vegetables, nuts, natural olive oil, grassfed beef, milk, cheese, and natural honey. Exodus 3:17. Protein is emphasized also, eaten at the feasts from sacrifices described in the Old Testament.

Faith in our Creator. Could this be a key toward better health? My thinking process turned to logic: our Creator has given us food grown from the earth, whole grains, fruit, and herbs. Food mined (salt) from deep in the earth, protein from grazing animals, fish (with find and scales) from the sea and lakes.

Now, as my husband, Eric and I read the Old and New Testaments every day, we notice food used as illustrations. It is literal and figurative: Jesus is “the bread of life.” Since the beginning, for thousands of years food grown, protein raised naturally, fish in lakes and oceans was provided from creation.

"He made him ride on the high places of the earth, so that he might eat the increase of the fields. And He made him suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock, butter from cows, and milk from sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the sons of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat. And you drank the blood of the grape." Deuteronomy 32:13,14.  God and the Prophet Jeremiah interacting: “That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, so be it, O LORD.” Jeremiah 11:5.

The Bible includes important food as a way of teaching spiritual truth "And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall everyone eat that is left in the land." Isaiah 7:22. Look for “milk and honey” in Scripture.

This is not spiritual teaching alone. It is a profound message from God to those who accept the literal and figurative message to us.

Take seriously the food the Bible continues to mention. This morphs into a deep understanding of our loving Creator’s care. "And Jesus answered him, saying, ‘It is written, ‘That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.’’" Luke 4:4. Literally and figuratively.

GOOD FOOD: IT'S SIMPLE

“There is an epidemic of empty food in our culture,” I told our daughter in law. 

If it is whole food, if it is not processed, bioengineered, or grain bleached with chemicals and additives, your body will be well nourished.

The reason to study food found in Scripture (mentioned from Genesis to Revelation) is because it is simple and plain. Too many people may steer you to a complicated agenda. 

Every time I see food mentioned in Scripture, I add it to our grocery list.

“Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, With the fat of kidneys of wheat; And thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.” Deuteronomy 32:14.

If it is whole food, grown from the soil, natural, it will be good for you. Create your food with good cooking ingredients: whole, natural butter, whole, organic olive oil, organic honey, salt, pepper, and unprocessed herbs. Avoid chemicals and additives, such as "Natural Flavor" which is not natural, stay away from bleached, degermed, processed wheat and all devitalized, processed grains. Processed food, devalued from its natural nutrition, such as highly processed seed oils, is harming you!

Whole, organic, grassfed milk, whole yogurt, and cheese. Nowhere in Scripture is there a hint of creating fat free anything. The natural whole dairy is important for your health. 

"Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful..." Ezekiel 16:13 KJV.

AN EPIDEMIC OF VALUELESS FOOD

 It is all there! Forethought from God, our Creator to us.

 "And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil." Genesis 2:9.

Whole food. When you create your meals with food God created to benefit your body from the beginning, your whole body is well fed. 

My daughter in law asked me recently, "Is whole food anti-inflammatory?" “Yes.” My reply was an immediate heartfelt, even emotional answer to her query. The food created for humanity to eat…and it is highlighted in the Bible.

You are wise, Roxy. There is an epidemic of nutritionally damaged food in our culture. Processed, devitalized, devalued, bioengineered. It is making us sick and fat.

When you decide to treat your body as a “temple of the Holy Spirit” and very carefully eat healthy food, you will be satisfied with taste, how you feel and your health projection!

"What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore, glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's." I Corinthians 6:19,20.