Taste Buds

The WORD today (see http://usccb.org/bible/readings/112312.cfm) reminds me of how generous God is for giving us taste buds.

I like eating. No, I love eating, especially if it’s free. We all know what happens to the food we eat – our bodies absorb some nutrients, some turn into fat, then eventually we excrete it. Same process. But what makes eating fun and exciting? Aside from eating with people special to you, I believe that the taste of food make us look forward to eating. Thank God for taste buds!

Imagine life without taste buds. Imagine how different it would be. Probably people would not look forward to eating, that we’ll just eat for survival, not for pleasure. We would look at food differently that we do now. That’s how great and generous God is, he gave us taste buds so we can enjoy and maximize the experience of eating food. Even that little detail, he still takes care of. What a loving God.

“Man does not live on bread alone, but from every word that comes from the mouth of God (Deuteronomy 8:3)” In as much as we enjoy eating, we are also reminded to enjoy filling ourselves with the Word of God. Food is not enough to sustain us, we also need God to keep us alive, especially spiritually. Let us indulge ourselves not just with physical food, but with spiritual food as well – because in life, spiritual food is what we need more.

Father God,

Thank you for today. Thank you for Friday! Thank you for giving us resources that will enable us to buy food, and thank you for taste buds that allows us to enjoy food. Lord, as we enjoy whatever we are eating, may we never forget to think of others as well, to share to others, in whatever capacity we can, the blessings you have been giving us. Also, we ask that you give us not just a good appetite for food, but an even greater appetite for your word, our spiritual food. May we hunger and thirst for your Word, because in life, we know that it is only your Word that can truly satisfy us. Amen.

Blessed day!

In Christ,

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