Soul food doesn't have to be death food. James and I have started a new God-Directed healthy lifestyle to heal our body, soul, and spirit. We have been eating vegan and vegetarian adding fresh vegetable and fruit juices, lots of fresh raw vegetables and exercise. Yesterday we dined on fried green tomatoes (that's right fried) in a little coconut oil with a organic salad of lettuce, cucumbers, radishes, green onions, tomatoes, dried cranberries and walnuts with a strawberry vinaigrette. Ummmmm. It is not the first lifestyle change into healthy eating, basically, we were vegetarian before we opened "Freedom Cafe". I know, that's hard to believe! Now we have returned to caring for our temples (bodies) and not allowing matter to rule mind. Or, the flesh win over the Spirit. All credit to God Himself for He has indeed given us His Divine Nature and Divine Spirit to overcome the world and the fleshly passions and appetites. He has also told us to be moderate in all things, and disciplined. Something that I have struggled with most of my Christian walk. But when it is His time to intervene, He does and I am grateful for the gentle wooing of the Holy Spirit to move up another step and fight on another level. James and I both have medical conditions that are diet related and reversible. We live in a community where obesity and cardiovascular disease are destroying over 50,000 African Americans per year. God has called us to minister to the "whole" person, not just their spirit, but their soul and their bodies, minds and heart. He first must make this real in our lives through practice and discipline BEFORE we teach others. Moses had to learn how to shepherd sheep before he was promoted to "leading them". His Alone, Janice
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Janice Swinton
A radical Christian and follower of Jesus Christ, trying to walk and live out a life uncompromised in this world; being informed and conformed to His Image. Author, writer, independent scholar and wife to James for over 35 years. Archives
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