Some time back I was having a business lunch with a person from a non-Christian background, for some business planning in the following financial year. As our food was served, I dove into it, but this person bowed his head for about 10 seconds and seemed to have prayed. I asked him and he said he was giving thanks to God for his food. He had picked up the habit in school. It is called saying grace and is fast being forgotten.
Sometimes we’re so busy worrying about the future that we overlook what we have already received, taking everything for granted.
Food is one such blessing that we have started taking for granted. But look at the stat's. From 2019 to 2022, the number of undernourished people grew by as many as 150 million and 10% of the world goes hungry even today. That's more than 800 million people!
Today, saying grace before a meal is slowly being forgotten. We specially do not say it when we are outside or in a business lunch or dinner, though I think it is an admirable practice, to thank our provider. Remember, even Christ did (1 Corinthians 11:24 “And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat...)
That day I re-learned this great truth. Not to get so carried away planning and anxious for the future that we forget to thank our maker and provider for the past.
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