The fact that we’re made to eat says volumes about who we are and who God is. We are not just hungry bodies, nor machines that simply need fuel. We are hungry souls; we are people who crave the company and the delights of the table. Our need for food says something profound about us. It says we need God, we need others, and we need the created world. The need to eat reveals our dependence on God. Perhaps one of the most significant differences between us as image bearers of God and God himself is that we, unlike him, are dependent on things outside our selves. Food is our daily reminder of
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