And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
The promised land is by no means low-calorie. Artificial sweeteners are shown the door and fat-free is asked to hit the showers.
Nehemiah 8:10
Eat the fat, and drink the sweet... for the joy of the Lord is your strength.
The heart healthy options of heaven's menu include the fattest cuts, the sweetest treats, and the finest wines.
Nothing does the heart better than grace-glazed gladness dipped in gratitude.
Proverbs 15:15
A cheerful heart has a continual feast. (NASB)
A glad heart has a perpetual banquet (AMP)
Skinny souls find feasts offensive. They recoil from the cream and look down their noses at the wine. They're keeping a close watch on their sugar intake after all and only eating lean proteins. But lean meals produce lean souls, souls out of shape, out of practice, and unprepared to enter into the joy of the banquet. In the spiritual realm, a healthy soul is fat and used to feasting, but the skinny soul is the one accustomed to calorie counting. Leanness makes no effort to enjoy anything. As such, it is a sort of laziness: a highly regimented ingratitude combined with a slapdash satisfaction. Souls full of gratitude are in good shape, well-rehearsed, and ready to delight at the table God has set; skinny souls shirk any satisfaction.
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