Been thinking about "Saying the Blessing" before we eat. I grew praying as a family before eating our dinner and continue to stop and pray most nights before eating. Its a good thing to pause and thank God for what we have and to refocus on him for our provision. There is an irony in my mind however, it seems to me that God may not want to bless our food. As I continue read about our industrial agricultural food system that feeds us, I question more and more whether our food warrants God's blessing.
Would God bless a dinner that is supporting a food system that ruins the soil it came from? A system that pollutes our air, water, and the food itself? A system that exploits poor nations and workers, diminishes biodiversity, drives farmers out of work, supports corporate monopoly, and creates public health decline?
Let's ask ourselves a simple question: instead of asking God to bless our food, shouldn't we be asking God if our food blesses him?
