True Thankfulness

So it's been over a month since I ended my veganism.

Let me tell you, the Lord is wonderful.  He is so, so good! He is still certainly teaching me through the process, but one of the things that was immediately apparent was the wonderful and beautiful provision of the Sovereign Lord.

I can walk into a grocery store, restaurant, or even campus dining hall, and I can eat absolutely anything I want.  Anything!  Do you know what a beautiful realization that is?!  It actually took me a few weeks to adjust to the fact that I didn't have to think about what I was eating anymore...

I've never been so thankful for food before - I try to pray before most meals, I try to give thanks to the Lord for his wonderful provision of abundance in my life, but I don't always feel thankful.  Even when I was vegan, I was thankful, but not in the same way.  Now... now I'm thankful in a whole new way! It's such a wonderful and beautiful thing.  I can literally eat anything.  Absolutely anything.

I'm beginning to understand the multi-faceted role of fasting in a spiritual walk... It's not something that I understand fully, but the Lord is continuing to grow my heart for him, and to bring me deeper in relationship with him. Praise be to Him.