Where Else Would I Go?

I was just commenting on Shannon's blog, (yes she's posting again, doing a 30 day raw challenge with her daughter! Go pop over for a visit! The link is off to the side here on my blog...) & she was saying she'd never give up on Raw Living! {Which I know is true...}
My response to her was that it was kinda like when Jesus asked the disciples, "Will you, too, leave me?" (after those that followed Him only for the miracles, & the 'free meal' left).
Once He's made clear {especially by the evidence of what actually happens in us when we 'go raw'!} that He created us to live on the things HE made for food (& not man's poor imitations) how can we return to just following our carnal cravings, our appetite that can & often does go against common sense, evidence, & the fruit of the spirit of self-control?
Food is created to nourish & strengthen us, & is obviously good, & necessary...
...(occasional, special occasion) feasting is God's idea {as well as seasons of fasting!} but gluttony is clearly sin, because it's destructive to our bodies, created to glorify Him, & be the temple of His Holy Spirit.
I'm beginning to see indulging in junk food as gluttony, whether I overeat or not, knowing that it's tearing down what Raw Living has been building up, & that it's all about what my flesh wants, & my flesh nature determining my choices, not my spirit, & my will, submitted to His revealed will.
The Bible says we're to have moderation in all things...I'm not a vegan for moral reasons (aside from hating the way most animals raised for consumption are treated!) because God said everything He created for food, not to call unclean...yes, there are unclean meats that are very destructive to the body...for example, pork, which has been proven to cause the same changes in your cells that cancer does! (& knowing it HAS to be FULLY cooked or the little white worms often found in it will survive is just GROSS!) & all crustaceans, which eat the garbage off the bottom of the ocean...God knows why certain foods are harmful, & warned against them, long before the science behind His reasons was ever discovered!
Meat was eaten in the Bible...but on rare occasions...it was in small amounts (not the main course!) & I've learned that back then meat was around 5% fat...now it's 45% or more! & kosher meat was drained of the blood for a reason..."the life is in the blood", as are diseases, etc. Perhaps that occasional use of small amounts of meat prevented any B12 issues, or anemia, without them needing to have access to all the info/science we have now to know the possible deficiencies on a raw diet.
Grains were eaten, yes, but weren't heavily sprayed, as now...bread was called, "The staff of life" but was often sprouted, & again, not full of pesticides, etc. The soil had so many more nutrients in it back then (even a hundred years ago) that I don't think I'd attempt to do this without eating as much organic as possible!
All this is just to say that I will never return to my old way of eating...how could I? God has placed me in this incredible garden, and said, "THIS is what I've given you for food."
How could I now say, "No, Father, I want to fuel my body with GARBAGE, all these yummy imitation things! I don't want to think about the consequences!"
It would be like when the Israelites complained about missing garlic & onions when God brought them out of Egypt (which represents the world system) & got bored with Manna, the perfect, complete food God provided for them daily! Or when they lusted & longed after meat, & so God filled the sky with quail, & they ate so much, they DIED!
How could I ever really be bored with all He's made for food??? I could eat a different fruit or vegetable every day of my life & STILL not have tasted them all! (Of course it would require shopping in some international markets...if I didn't know they use pesticides we've banned here, I would do that more often!)
I have no choice now but to think about the consequences of everything I put into this vehicle I live in...the consequences of all my foolish choices have caught up with me, & if I don't continue to change, & follow God's ways, rather than my own, I will definitely shorten the time I get to be here to serve Him & others.
So, even when I struggle, or yeild to my old appetites, I will just quickly return to fueling my body the way God planned, & allow Him to heal me more, one day at a time...
...& this is what I wish for you, Shannon, & all my other fellow Rawbies!
As Christians, the Bible says we've been bought & paid for with a price, & we are no longer only our own! So let's allow our lives to reflect that we know who we belong to, & that our hearts are set to obey the owner's instructions on how to care for His temple!
And for those that don't yet know Him as Father, & Jesus as Lord, He loves you, He made you, & He's here for you! Do you hear Him calling your name?