God outlined a diet for our family of
six that started with a cleanse. Three days into the cleanse my
daughter was digesting completely 100%. I was thrilled and grateful. We
did the cleanse when it was spring time. After the cleanse we started a
mostly raw, meat-less, wheat-less, and dairy-less diet. About 95% raw
and 5% cooked. My husband and I both lost around 50lbs of excess weight and we were full of life, energy and enthusiasm, and great
mental clarity. However the best thing was the increased ability I now had to hear the promptings and
impressions from God. With all the toxins and food cravings gone it was so much easier to focus during prayers and actually hear God when he responded. Life was amazing!
I spent the summer outlining our meal
plans with God. Always all these raw dishes would come to my mind, and
anything cooked was very rare, which our bodies appreciated. So,
once again, I naively found myself assuming we were "raw eaters."
That's how God intended us to be. Boy, was I wrong! One morning, as the
summer season began to ebb and the mornings became more chilly, I
found myself in my weekly meal planning session with God suddenly
visualizing cooked dishes and endless potatoes. Up to that point a
baked potato during the summer was a once - maybe twice - a month
limit. If we tried for more our stomachs felt heavy. But here I was,
visualizing potatoes galore and other cooked fare including meat! At
that point it dawned on me that we were "seasonal eaters!"
Suddenly a
lot of things made sense. All the synapses of my brain began to make
connection after connection as I thought about the food that was ready
and growing in the spring, summer, and fall. Why our fall harvest will
store throughout the winter season on a shelf in my basement, and
spring foods don't. Think about it: a pumpkin harvested at the end of
the season will last for months in a cool storage room, but a basket of
strawberries on that same shelf won't even last the week. God did that
for a reason.
We have been seasonal eaters now for a couple of
years and we are still thriving. For the most part Meat-less summers and salad-free
winters. Choosing to only eat strawberries in the spring and cooked
pumpkins in the winter. My children are growing, my husband and are
still fit and trim, and my knowledge and appreciation of Heavenly
Father''s endless miracles of whole food in the proper season amazes and
astounds me with every passing season.
If you missed parts of our food journey go back and read them: PART 1 and PART 2
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