the food pyramid for the mind and soul ( revised )

We all know the famous food pyramid.
The good-for-you foods on the bottom in the wide part, and the bad-for-you foods in the narrow part on top ( junk-food).
A healthy diet should mainly consist of the good foods on the bottom and middle, with very small portions of the junk-food from the top.
Eating a diet like that keeps our bodies relatively healthy, strong and full of energy. It builds our immune system up. Which in turn helps our bodies fight off germs, sicknesses, and illnesses, and such.


But what about our mind and soul? They need to be fed daily too. And they need a good healthy diet as well.
If there was a food pyramid for the mind and soul, I think it would look like this.
The Bible, devotions and prayer time, (which should fill the biggest area on the bottom)---
Then comes,
missionary stories, Christian true stories that build our faith and build Godly characters, praise and worship music, Godly magazines and literature that encourage us and strengthen our walk in God,
Good Christian fictional books, Christian movies( the kind that up-lift, strengthen, and encourage us), and Christian radio programs , would be in the middle. ( we have to be careful with this stuff though ,got to always make sure it lines up with the Bible)
In the very small area on the top would consist the junk-food -- things neither good for the nourishment of the soul and mind yet not bad either of course. ( our diet should not contain any bad things at all. You wouldn't eat rotten or spoiled food would you? Well we need to treat our minds and spiritual bodies the same.)
I am wondering though, does our pyramid even need a top part!? :)
I think our main diet should consist of huge daily portions of the bottom things, moderate intake of middle of the pyramid, and very, very tiny portions if any, of the "junk-foods" that is on the very top.

Taking in a diet like that would keep our minds, our souls, and spiritual bodies strong and healthy.
We would grow strong spiritually, have a close knit walk with God, and be filled with lots of good things to share and encourage others with.
We would be blessed, and be a blessing. We would have a strong immune systems to help fight off bad thoughts, worries, and such that Satan throws our way.


The "junk foods" in both pyramids contain nothing nourishing at all for either the physical body or spiritual body. They look good on the out-side, tantalize and excite the taste buds, and make us feel good at the moment, but that is it. They fill us up -- taking room away from the good and nourishing "foods"; yet leave us empty and sceptical to bad and wrong things that want to creep in and pull us down.
If we start allowing into our diet even a tiny bit of "bad", ( in the pyramid for mind and soul) we allow our immune system to be weakened, and soon we will hear our selves saying, "This is pretty good", " That's not too bad," or "That won't hurt us". Then slowly we start allowing more and more bad in to the "junk-food" realm. In my opinion we need to leave the bad "foods" in the trash where they belong!

May we all feed our mind and bodies only was is good and nourishing , that which is pleasing to God, that builds our faith and our character, and keeps us strong in God!!!


I would love to hear your thoughts on this post. So take a moment please and leave me a comment!

In Him,
Mae