It doesn't always feel good, but it stretches and strengthens us, getting rid of spiritual flab we've built up by consuming
only spiritual food we like.
Not exact matches
Again, you need to do research about what I am saying and learn the bible, start with the Book of John, because starting with Genius will
only bring you confusing when you don't have understanding, which the O.T. is strong
spiritual food for the grown
spiritual Christians.
We Christians often unwittingly adopt a Platonic view that assumes the
spiritual world
only consists of the unseen — heaven, hell, angels, souls — while solid things like tech toys, asphalt and
food are unspiritual and disconnected from our Christian lives.
The
spiritual test for the people is that they receive
only a day's worth of
food at a time.
* Poustinia is a Russian word for desert and it refers to a way of prayer that is more Eastern: silence, solitude, fasting and prayer with
only the Scriptures as
spiritual food.
The
only scriptural reference to spiritalis / πυευμaτίκος is however in 1 Corinthians 10:3 where Paul refers to «
spiritual food».
We can
only hope that they find out that the mechanistic ritual of praying 5Xs per day, reciting verses that they do not understand (and indeed mean nothing), getting up at taxing hours of the morning and abstaining from
food and water until the sunset are not means to becoming more
spiritual, but are instruments to control their mind.
This was a
spiritual withdrawal, broken
only occasionally by visits to the town for
food.
A little later my dad came in and sat down on the edge of the bed and said quietly that we should have a conversation about Sunday Mass, and probably I was now old enough to make my own decisions about attending Mass, that he and my mother did not think it right or fair to force that decision on us children, that we needed to find our own ways spiritually, and that while he and our mother very much hoped that we would walk in the many rewarding paths of the Church, the final decision there would be ours alone, each obeying his own conscience; that was
only right and fair, and to decree attendance now would perhaps actually force us away from the very thing that he and my mother found to be the most nutritious
spiritual food; so perhaps you and I and your mother can sit and discuss this later this afternoon, he said, and come to some amicable agreement.
I can't begin to tell you how much I love that your space isn't
only about
food, but that everything you write also provides some
spiritual nourishment.
Eating whole, plant
foods not
only improves our physical health, but has also an amazing effect on our mental and
spiritual well - being.
In return it invites you to experience the island life style and eco awareness: the pleasure of mandi (showers are
only available in rain season), home made
food, tranquil and
spiritual atmosphere, starry nights with candles and oil - lamps, and a lovely breeze as fan!