“Give us each day our daily bread.“ Luke 11:3
There was an article in the Lincoln Journal a few months ago about school feeding programs in the Lincoln Public Schools and how they might be changing to meatless Friday and would be serving plant-based food instead. This is something “new” that has been started in New York recently. My humble response; ewww.
I did a little searching and found there had been an interview with a school in New York and here are a few of the comments. There, students lugged blue trays full of the meatless Friday changes: breaded chicken teriyaki on brown rice; barbecue beef sandwiches on whole wheat buns. There were green beans and applesauce, lettuce and orange slices, low-fat milk and reactions to this plant-based meat meal varied. One fourth grader commented “Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad" and another child commented while picking at the chicken teriyaki on his tray "terrible," while yet another classmate was momentarily horrified when he thought he saw mushrooms. Another fourth grader is not a fan of the whole wheat buns, which ended up in the trash untouched along with the plant-based meat and a few seats down the bench a boy had eaten every bite of his sandwich along with ranch-drenched lettuce.
North America; we take so much for granted; our children don’t understand how truly blessed they are to have a blue tray of food on their table at school with a large variety of food, every day.
This bowl of rice and beans is the choice of the day, most every day at schools that have Trinity HOPE feeding programs. It reminds me of the children of Israel receiving manna from Heaven each day while wandering through the desert. While the Israelites grumbled after having to eat manna again and again, the kids in Trinity HOPE feeding programs love the food that their cooks make each day. Thank you for helping to make this possible for over 52,000 children attending Christian schools in Haiti; your support is making a huge difference in their lives. I close with the words to the hymn ‘Our Heavenly Father, hear’ which was written by James Montgomery in 1835.
“Our heav'nly Father, hear the prayer we offer now. Thy name be hallowed far and near; to Thee all nations bow. Thy kingdom come; Thy will on earth be done in love as saints and seraphim fulfill Thy holy will above. Our daily bread supply while by Thy word we live. The guilt of our iniquity forgive as we forgive. From dark temptation's power, from Satan's wiles, defend. Deliver in the evil hour and guide us to the end. Thine shall forever be glory and power divine; the scepter, throne, and majesty of heaven and earth are Thine.”
Heavenly Father, you have called your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we go but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen.
May God be with you…Jay