Comments on: Is Cheap Food a Blessing? http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2006/12/01/is-cheap-food-a-blessing/ Christian Agrarian Counterculture Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:11:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Sherman http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2006/12/01/is-cheap-food-a-blessing/#comment-1845 Sherman Fri, 08 Dec 2006 19:30:22 +0000 http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2006/12/01/is-cheap-food-a-blessing/#comment-1845 I agree with you observations on our "cheap food." As we have been given opportunity to harvest some of our own natural food (chickens, cows, goats) the taste and quality difference have been astounding. This just one area where our prosperity is not always a blessing, but yet a curse with ever increasing judgement. By God's grace more eyes will be opened up to His ways and the truth of the Gospel. I agree with you observations on our “cheap food.” As we have been given opportunity to harvest some of our own natural food (chickens, cows, goats) the taste and quality difference have been astounding. This just one area where our prosperity is not always a blessing, but yet a curse with ever increasing judgement. By God’s grace more eyes will be opened up to His ways and the truth of the Gospel.

]]> By: JFC http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2006/12/01/is-cheap-food-a-blessing/#comment-1830 JFC Fri, 01 Dec 2006 18:23:09 +0000 http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2006/12/01/is-cheap-food-a-blessing/#comment-1830 My two cents is worth a mere two cents ... but I sure do agree with y'all. Isaiah had a question for us: (Isa 55:2 NKJV) Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And let your soul delight itself in abundance. We would rather spend our money on chemicals to ingest, and then pagan entertainment, than to spend it on food, and then to delight in that. And while the reference is not literally speaking of food, it draws its force from the fact that, were it literal, it would be astonishingly s-t-u-p-i-d to spend ones money, and not receive real food in return. My two cents is worth a mere two cents … but I sure do agree with y’all.

Isaiah had a question for us: (Isa 55:2 NKJV) Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And let your soul delight itself in abundance.

We would rather spend our money on chemicals to ingest, and then pagan entertainment, than to spend it on food, and then to delight in that. And while the reference is not literally speaking of food, it draws its force from the fact that, were it literal, it would be astonishingly s-t-u-p-i-d to spend ones money, and not receive real food in return.

]]> By: KSMilkmaid http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2006/12/01/is-cheap-food-a-blessing/#comment-1829 KSMilkmaid Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:54:02 +0000 http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2006/12/01/is-cheap-food-a-blessing/#comment-1829 <blockquote>What would a food system that honored God look like? Can you imagine a land full of small faithful landholders, working with their own hands, producing a bounty of healthy food.</blockquote> Scott, this is exactly the vision I have. I am praying that the eyes of many will be opened and they will seek to support God honoring agricultural endeavors. Thanks for this post. Awesome thougths as always.

What would a food system that honored God look like? Can you imagine a land full of small faithful landholders, working with their own hands, producing a bounty of healthy food.

Scott, this is exactly the vision I have. I am praying that the eyes of many will be opened and they will seek to support God honoring agricultural endeavors. Thanks for this post. Awesome thougths as always.

]]> By: Missouri Rev http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2006/12/01/is-cheap-food-a-blessing/#comment-1828 Missouri Rev Fri, 01 Dec 2006 15:49:07 +0000 http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2006/12/01/is-cheap-food-a-blessing/#comment-1828 Scott, your posting makes me think of the proverb, “The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, And He adds no sorrow with it.” The world’s system of cheap riches adds sorrow. There is no circumventing the mandate that man shall not live by bread alone (the things of this world made or derived apart from any obedience to God) but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. Scott, your posting makes me think of the proverb, “The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, And He adds no sorrow with it.” The world’s system of cheap riches adds sorrow. There is no circumventing the mandate that man shall not live by bread alone (the things of this world made or derived apart from any obedience to God) but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.

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