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Friday Feature: My Raw Journey

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Where I’ve been these past two weeks I’ve never been before. I guess we can all say that about any week or other time period of our lives. If we travel the same road, talk to the same people or perform the same chore, there will be something that will be different. Every routine is different in some way. This week’s different, though, stood out for me. For years—19 to be exact—I’ve known that a raw food diet was better for my body and felt that I should eat the majority of my meals this way. But years of comfort and convenience kept me eating mostly cooked foods. That is until this week. On Monday, January 23 I began a raw food program where I’m learning a great deal about raw food and its preparation for meals. This journey has already given me more than I anticipated. So far I have added to my food repertoire

new leafy greens;
new herbs;
new nuts;
new smoothies;
new desserts;
new juices;
new fruits;
new vegetables;
new recipes;
new food combinations;
new techniques; and
new health benefits.

And I have a
new body
new energy and
new outlook.

Look for me to discuss my discoveries in upcoming weeks of Friday Feature. I want to share with you my journey in hopes that you will follow where God is leading you. My hope for these posts is the same as when I began my Friday Feature posts last January: That you will seek to have a strong body just as you strive to be strong in spirit (3 John 2). May you allow God to strengthen every part of you so you can be optimally fit for the fight to put His Kingdom first.

Friday Feature: Roundup Ten for the New Year

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This year has been amazing, full of growth and revelation for me. I see clearly how the paths God has had me on were leading to the ultimate path for my life, my ministry. And a lot of that clarity came just from writing my Friday Feature posts. I have a greater appreciation for the praises that have come through the perils of my health. Countless people have told me how one post or another was an answer to an unresolved health issue they were facing. So in this last Friday Feature post of 2011 I want to share with you my top five health posts and five sites that have helped me gain greater insight into my health this year (Please note that some of the sites listed are secular so take caution in what they advocate beyond direct physical health tips):

Yeast Infections
Soy No More
Food Grade Hydrogen Peroxide
Cooking on the Brand New Mommy
The Benefits of Juicing

Other notable posts include those on MSG, natural oils, cold and flu prevention and relief, help for skin problems and alternative grains to wheat. For these and more, search this blog for Friday Feature and every post ever written here will come up.

My favorite five health sites for 2011:

Simple Organic
Living Maxwell
Natural News
The Garden Diet
Keeper of the Home

As you make and seek to keep your 2012 resolutions, undoubtedly some concerning your health, I hope you refer to these links to help you accomplish your goals. God bless you in 2012!

Friday Feature: Roundup Five

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This was a tough post to pull together. My goal for the Fourth Friday Roundup is to provide you with information from around the web to support you as you seek to grow in the areas of the month’s posts. But when gathering information about organic and raw foods you are likely to get spiritual information that is not Christian. This was indeed the case. I found dozens of sites that offered what I thought was great nutritional information but spouted anti-biblical teachings. For this reason, I encourage you to read the previous posts and click the links I included in those. They only detailed nutritional information:

Friday Feature: Eat Organic

Friday Feature: Ways to Buy and Save on Organic

Friday Feature: The Benefits of Eating Raw

As you conduct your own searches for information on organic and raw foods, remember that no dietary standards should dogmatically go beyond what the Bible teaches. While God in Genesis 1:29 gave plants, seeds and fruit for meat, He told man in Genesis 9:3 that “Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.” And we know that Jesus ate fish and lamb (a part of the Passover feast). So while as of June 2, 2011 I am a vegetarian, I don’t advocate vegetarianism as a must because the Bible gives us liberty to eat plants and meat. As Christians, we must follow what the Bible teaches. Make sure that whatever you choose that you are being led by the Holy Spirit to do what is best for your body.

Copyright 2011 by Rhonda J. Smith