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Inside And Out

Saturday, February 18, 2012

TREASURE CHEST FULL!

GRAINS AND SEEDS... They are overwhelming and the treasure chest is full of these jewels: Rolled oats, steel cut oats, pearled barley, cracked barley, bulgur wheat, millet, wheat berry, spelt berry, farro, kamut, teff, quinoa, flax, and the many whole rice grains. These whole grains are not just a breakfast food, although, that is one of my most regular ways of eating them. They are awesome to serve as a side dish with sauteed veggies, or add to soups and salads. You can even make a veggie burger mixed with some of these cooked grains along with black beans. The recipes are countless. Just do a little research and you will find that you can feed your body some of the most nutritional dishes and cover your body's needs as far as nutrients. I sometimes wonder if you were to choose the right grains to make a loaf of bread, if you couldn't live on bread and water, alone. in a meal

One thing that I would like to suggest is that you might be careful to choose the grains that are the highest in protein if you are leaving off the meat in a meal. It is important to have a balanced protein and good carb food intake. Some of your very high protein grains are sorghum, amaranth, farro, spelt, oat groats, kamut, teff, hemp, & quinoa. I'm sure there are more, but these are the ones that come to mind.

Teff, better known as THE NUTRITIONAL POWERHOUSE from Ethopia, is the newest to me. There is no way to remove the germ or husk because this grain is supposedly the smallest in the world, which means all the nutrients are consumed. It is about the size of a poppy seed and can also be found in a flour form. This is a grain that promotes endurance and performance. It is a staple food of some of the best runners in the world. It is gluten free and very high in calcium and iron.

I have done a little research on the difference between a grain and seed. It gets rather complicated. It's almost like: What comes first, the chicken or the egg?? Bottom line is both are essential when it comes to the nutritional value. They are related and yet, not the same.

The nutritional value for our spiritual being is a little bit the same, talking about bread...Matthew 4:4 "Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God." Our greatest spiritual nourishment is truly the word of God. John 6:35 says "Jesus is THE BREAD OF LIFE and whoever comes to HIM will never hunger and whoever believes in HIM will never thirst." The ultimate is to train ourselves to seek God at the beginning of our day and keep our eyes on HIM throughout. The bible is an instruction book for life. I can see where God cares about our spiritual and physical needs by giving us detailed information on how to care for both. Our body belongs to HIM. We are HIS temple. He wants the best for HIS children.

Lord, I ask that you bless those that read this today. Give us all insight, wisdom, guidance, self-control, and discipline in how YOU want us to take care of our spiritual and physical needs. I ask for healing and restoration needed in any of us, spiritually and physically. Where there is addiction, I pray that YOU would turn that around to where we will look to YOU for fulfillment, satisfaction, and peace. In Christ name I pray these things. Amen

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