Gosh, I have so many thoughts on this really ... it is a choice I have made for myself (vegetarian since I was what ... 18?), for better health, to eat those things that the Lord made for food ... it is a challenge ... I told my Mom if people could hear the conversations that go on in my head when I see a brownie ... maybe I should just share it, every knows I am crazy ... then once its out, I can move forward??? Here it is ...
(I see a brownie ... it's warm even ... with frosting ... it's taunting me ... just eat me ... can you hear it???)
At this point some of you may think ... just eat it! Why not? It's one brownie! Enjoy it! ...
This is the problem though ... it's not just one and then it is the constant head game that follows ... no longer though, I surrender it all, the brownie, the warm frosting ... the crumbs on the plate that I want to squeeze onto my finger and then lick off ...
WARNING ... YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO READ ANY FURTHER ...
Then I have to think about what the brownie is made of ... I know there are eggs in that ... and most likely milk too ... so I have to discuss with myself again how and why those things are not alright for me to eat ... it all goes back to years of being a vegetarian. I can so easily dismiss a piece of chicken or a steak, without a second glance ... I know why the dairy industry is awful, I know the facts that cows are forced into pregnancy for their milk production and that their calves are taken away the moment they are birthed to be raised for veal ... I know the horror of the egg industry and how chickens are kept, fed and everything that is or is not pumped into them to make more eggs than is natural ... that if those eggs were kept longer they would be chicks ... so there, I said it ... I can't eat eggs, or dairy products for the same reason that I can not eat meat or fish. I surrender the head game ... I surrender it Lord.
There are some that will read this and roll their eyes ... Hey, I warned you not to read on ... if you did and that bothers you ... sorry, facts are facts. I could certainly go on ... or give you a million websites to read about it yourself ... So, I choose to no longer to eat "those" brownies ... I can make some myself if I want ... and use ingredients that are natural and fabulous ... I surrender my completely whacked and freaky discussions in my head about food Lord, take it from me. I will eat only what is made for me to eat ... only when I am hungry ... and if it is a brownie, then let it be yummy and made without any animal products.
Thank you Lord for the world you have made ... for the diversity of cultures and people. I am a vegan and will continue to eat in a healthy way that will glorify You.
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