Day 105, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Monday, Day 105, Raw Fruitarian. i ate very well today. i have to look up what food category chives are in, i would guess they are an herb. Well, they really added a nice zest to my dinner today. What a great blessing that they grow all over my yard and the neighborhood! i tell you the truth, one of life's great pleasures (at least for me), is a satisfying meal. Especially after a hard day. i am so happy that i am at the point where a bowl of non-sweet fruit with no salt is extremely satisfying to me. i still use herbs obviously, but getting off the salt is huge for me at this time. Here are todays meals:

Breakfast:
9 valencia oranges, 2 mangos. (803 calories)

Lunch:
10 valencia oranges, 2 bananas, 3/4 of a pineapple (973 calories)

Dinner:
Large non-sweet fruity salad with banana-avocado sauce. (1043 calories)

Exercise: 4 mile power walk.


Grace and Peace be multiplied.

todd

Day 104, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Sunday, Day 104, 100% Raw Fruitarian. Life can be very interesting. The walk of faith even more so. There is pain in the growth in grace and the crucifixion of self, but there are also many joys and amusements. Case in point, it is now Monday as i am blogging this. i am blogging events as of yesterday (sunday). i have not blogged in several days because my internet and phone are out. i am blogging this from my office. The last time i blogged, i had received a box of valencia oranges from a dear sister in Christ just as i had run out of fruit to eat. The box actually had 100 oranges in it. Friday, i went to the library to check my emails and lo, a dear soul gave a $100 contribution to us which bought us groceries for the weekend. It is a challenge for sure, but in a strange way it is also fun and amusing. Just seeing how we get provided for in times of need is amazing. These days it seems every day is a challenge and i never know what to expect. Who needs to watch TV when i have real life drama? So i (and my family) ate well this weekend. With our newfound wealth i also purchased another case of those valencias (i found out they were $25 per case, a tremendous deal in these parts), which i obtained on sunday. i had a great workout today. The best one so far as a fruitarian. i have had better on my raw journey, but i can definitely tell that i will be reaching new heights because of the effects of fruitarianism. Here was today's menu:

Breakfast:
14 valencia oranges. What i am doing is slicing them up into quarters and sucking what i can out of them. They are delicious. i feel like i took some sort of energy pill every time i eat them. We have found that 4 of them produce 16oz of juice, so i had nearly 48oz worth. Very good. (830 calories)

Lunch:
Delicious non-sweet fruity salad with a small twist. As we were doing our 4 mile walk today, we noticed that one of the natural blessings of southern virginia have started springing up all over. Chives. They have a onion-like smell but much lighter. We plucked up a few handfuls and i began eating them. They tasted salty to me, like onion-garlic potato chips. Of course this made me eat more of them (LOL). i added them to my salad as well as my sauce (Banana-orange juice-avocado), very good indeed. i also ate one extra avocado. They really help with calories when food is low. They taste good too (smile). (1142 calories).

Dinner:
7 valencia oranges (415 calories)

Exercise:
4 mile brisk walk. Then i did my 20 minute workout. In the 20 minutes this time i was able to complete: 200 pushups, 30 chin-ups, 60 one legged squats (per leg). Not bad and still improving.


Grace and Peace be multiplied.


todd

Day 100, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Wednesday, Day 100, 100% Raw Fruitarian. Well, its been 100 days. Overall i am feeling physically wonderful. Very light, alert and energetic. My mind and spirit are attentive and i am really connecting with Heaven on a new level. My weight is 183lbs. Officially that is 10lbs lighter than where i started. i have been involved in a very stressful period of my life and through it all i have been able thru Grace to continue this journey. Its still only in the beginning, but it is doing great things for me. i am having strong cravings over the last week for certain things. Fried chicken, fried fish, cheeseburgers and pizza. The interesting thing is the chicken, fish and pizza have not entered my body temple in 10 yrs. The beef, that has to be at least 20yrs. So i think its the salt among other things, that i am craving. But its not at all any sort of raging battle in me. i have no desire to actually go and eat these things, but i think of them. i feel that this is just another place in the journey and that in time (i don't think more than a few months), these things will not appeal to me at all.

Today, a wonderful thing happened. While i was at work, a sister in Christ who wants to go raw stopped by my home to get some pointers from my wife. She came bearing a gift. A case filled with valencia oranges! There must be somewhere in the neighborhood of 60-70 of them in that box. Now i know what i will be eating tomorrow. Mono meals for sure. If i had to live on one food for any length of time, oranges would be one of the ones i would choose (along with bananas, durian, mango or avocado). i ate one this evening after my non-sweet salad but tomorrow they will be a large part of my nourishment. Today's meals were:

Breakfast:
4 tangerines, one banana. (313 Calories)

Dinner:
Non-sweet fruity salad with tangerine-avocado dressing. One valencia orange. (1005 calories).

exercise: none today


Grace and Peace be multiplied.

todd

Day 99, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Tuesday, Day 99, 100% Raw Fruitarian. It was a trying type of day. Filled with things designed to cause anxiety if i let them. The type of day that requires faith. i am glad the Lord got me through it. Character must be developed in trial. There is simply no other way. i am glad the Spirit causes me to understand this, although, i cannot say i always rejoice in it. Not yet. In conjunction with the day, good food was not as plentiful. But i can say i did rejoice in what i was able to eat as i thoroughly enjoyed it. Especially dinner where, for the first time ever, i made my own curry. It came out quite good and it was very easy. Went very well on my non-sweet fruity salad. As i was out on road visiting prospects today, i really didn't have time to exercise. i was emotionally exhausted when i got home tonight. My dear wife had already cut up the non-sweet fruity salad for me so that was a great relief to be able to come in, just make the sauce (which takes about 5 minutes or less) and eat. Today's menu was:

Breakfast:

One personal watermelon. (678 Calories)

Dinner:
Non-sweet fruity salad with avocado sauce. One other avocado by itself after. (1139 Calories).

No exercise today.

Grace and Peace be multiplied.

todd

Day 98, 100% Raw Fruitarian.

Monday, Day 98, 100% Raw Fruitarian. Was on the road all day today. Had a three and a half hour drive to a prospect's house. Of course, it was a big prospect. The meeting went well, but its 50/50 as to whether or not we will do business. But its always good to meet nice people. i ate well today. i have one personal watermelon which i am saving for tomorrow. i carried lunch with me and ate it while i was driving. Here is today's menu:

Breakfast:
One large red tomato (delicious), one tangerine, one navel orange, one mineola orange, one avocado (512 calories).

Lunch:
3 honey tangerines, one navel orange, 2 bananas. (434 calories).

Dinner:
Large non-sweet fruity salad with banana-avocado sauce. (1090 calories)

Exercise:
3 sets of handclap pushups (don't know how many because i am doing them now), a few minutes of upper body isometric exercises.


Grace and Peace be multiplied.

todd

Day 97, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Sunday, Day 97, 100% Raw Fruitarian. Sundays are days where we usually lounge around the house and relax. When the weather is good i run and/or play ball with my youngest son. In the morning, my wife and i usually talk for an hour or so, discussing what's going on in our lives, in the world and things pertaining to our family and the Kingdom of God. This morning time flew by on us as we talked until early afternoon (shows there's alot going on.lol). That put me slightly behind as i had to go into the office today for a couple of hours. i have an early day tomorrow and a long drive to see a prospective client. i ate very well today, as i have all this weekend. i don't know how this week will go, but i know i will be alright in the end. i have been having some very bad thoughts go through my head over the last two or three nights. i have been having thoughts of three things, fried chicken, new york city pizza and cheese burgers. Now i wondered why these things were coming so heavy upon my mind and i came up with three things. One, i was hungry most of the week, when a person is hungry, all types of thoughts go through their head. Two, i had not thought about salt in awhile and perhaps i was craving it. Three, dark spirits were seeking to tempt me prior to being banished from my soul forever. i decided it was a combination of all three. But the way i have been eating this weekend, none of that mattered. i was totally satisfied and happy with the fare i was blessed to partake of. Today's meals were:

Breakfast:
one 20lbs watermelon. two bananas. (1565 calories)

Dinner:
Large bowl of zucchini spaghetti with celery, tomato and raisins. seasoned with home-made curry, basil and oregano. topped with banana-tangerine sauce. i also ate two avocados (i really didn't need the second one, but they were so good). (1302 Calories).


Exercise:
i put my timer on 20 minutes and this is what i did.

50 regular pushups. 15 clap pushups, 60 one-legged squats, 24 chins, 40 chair dips. i really got a good workout. The isometrics are helping me progress tremendously.


Grace and Peace be multiplied.


todd

Day 96, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Saturday, Day 96, 100% Raw Fruitarian. i ate very well today. Better than i have eaten in about a week. It was a restful day, which i love. We had a good bible study Friday night and then an even better one on Saturday night. We are studying the prophecy of Daniel (which is fast fulfilling). My mind is receiving so much from the Bible now, more than ever in my life. Whatever hardship i have to endure or discomfort this journey may cause, that one advancement is worth it all and much more. i have read and re-read the entire bible many times, but it all is going to another level now. i have learned that just when i think my mind is clear, things get more clear. There seems to always be new levels to reach, higher spiritual heights, deeper knowledge and understanding. Also, much deeper appreciation for my Creator and all He has done (and is doing), for me. So this was a typical 7th day of the week for me, in that it was a time for contemplation, meditation, fellowship and worship. Also it was filled with delicious fruit!!

Today's menu was:

Breakfast:
A little over one half of one 20lb watermelon. (813 calories)

Lunch:
The rest of the watermelon, 3 bananas, 4 oranges, half an avocado. (1125 calories)

Dinner:
Large non-sweet fruity salad with avocado-banana dressing (918 calories).

Now THIS is how to eat as a Fruitarian!

Exercise: Took a long walk with my wife. 4 miles.


Grace and peace be multiplied.


todd

Day 95, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Friday, Day 95, 100% Raw Fruitarian. i was able to eat very well today. Interesting how the body adapts. Today, i ate about 1200 calories less than i was used to eating prior to this past week and i feel stuffed. That's because this week i was eating about 1000-1300 calories per day. That felt like a starvation diet. Today i was able to obtain two 20lb watermelons. Spring is definitely in the air. i like the mini ones, but i would much rather have the regular size watermelons. i look forward to having one of them for breakfast and lunch tomorrow. i notice that as the weather gets warmer, the place where our melons come from gets closer to us. For example, all winter i have been eating melons that have mostly come here to Virginia from Costa Rica and Guatemala. The large watermelons i purchased today (first time this year they were available here) came from mexico. In about a month or so, they will start coming from here in the southern united states and in the summer i will be able to get them from Virginia grown locally. i feel that this is the reason the quality of fruit gets better and the summer draws nigh. It doesn't have to travel as far.

Today's meals were:
Breakfast:
3 bananas and one avocado (604 Calories)

Lunch
Large non-sweet fruity salad with banana-tangerine sauce. two more bananas. (1009 Calories).

Dinner:
2 tangerines, one minneola orange, one navel orange. (227 calories)

Exercise: 20 minutes of isometrics.


Have a Wonderful Weekend!

Grace and Peace be multiplied.

todd

Day 94, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Thursday, Day 94, 100% Raw Fruitarian. Another very busy day (i love it). It seems like the day just flew by. i met some very interesting people. i find people interesting. We come from all different walks of life, all different shades and colors and ideas. But we all want the same things, we all want to be happy, we all want to avoid sadness and we all face obstacles. Now what makes us happy or sad or what each of us considers an obstacle differs with the person. But humans are so complex, as the Bible says we are "fearfully and wonderfully made" (Psalm 139:14). This thought causes me to give praise to my Creator everyday. Today i met a person that is a chain-smoker. This person has suffered much and has fought hard all their life (about 75 years old). Such a nice person and responsible in that she raised four children and paid off her home (her husband died a few years ago). It was hard to watch, knowing what the cigarettes were doing to her. Sometime i wish i could just do something or say something that would cause people to understand certain things, but i realize that is not my place. i am just to be an example and show love, light and truth that comes from my Heavenly Father. Each person must make decisions for themselves. Well, that is life on planet earth.

Todays meals were:

Lunch:
3 tangerines, one banana (261 calories)

dinner:
non-sweet fruit salad with banana-tangerine sauce and two avocados. (1068 calories). The avocados gave this meal its density. i was glad to have them.


Exercise: none today.


Grace and Peace be multiplied.


todd

Day 93, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Wednesday, Day 93, 100% Raw Fruitarian. Over the last three days, if you have been reading my blog, take note....this is how NOT to be a successful Fruitarian. What you are witnessing is a man who is determined to stay Fruitarian no matter how empty his pockets are at the moment. Its challenging but sometimes i just laugh because of what i do to get the fruit. Yesterday for example i was in a clients home, she said she was about to eat lunch and asked if i minded and i said no. She then began to offer me something to eat, from her kitchen table i spotted two bananas and within seconds i was enjoying them....LOL. Then last night i was in another clients home in front of a bunch of bananas. The client reached for some and offered me some, of course i obliged. So yesterday i got four bananas out of five from friendly people. Today, i had a morning appointment with a referral. The man led me into his home and told me to take the most rcomfortable chair in the living room. Then he gave me two very delicious navel oranges. The person that referred me told him i was a fruitarian so he thought i may like that. He was right. So its been like that over the last three days. i am not in a tropical area where stuff grows wild nor is it summer when i may be able to get some fruit from here, but i am surviving. So do not take my caloric intake to mean i am just reducing my calories purposely, i am not. If you are thinking about doing this lifestyle, in the beginning especially, make sure you have plenty of fruit. Enough to at least equal what your normal caloric intake would be, if not more. Here is today's menu.



Breakfast:

2 navel oranges. (137 calories)



Lunch:

3 tangerines, one banana. (261 calories)



Dinner:

small non-sweet fruity salad with banana-tangerine sauce. Delicious. (635 calories).





exercise: none yet, but i am planning on about 20 minutes of isometrics tonight.





Grace and Peace be multiplied.



todd

Day 92, 100% Raw Fruitarian.

Tuesday, Day 92, 100% Raw Fruitarian. i was very busy today. The day seemed like a whirlwind. My activity level, work-wise, is picking up and i am very happy about that. It is a harbinger of good things in the next couple of months. Of course that doesn't help me right now, but my Saviour will provide our needs. Out of circumstance and necessity, i ate light today. i started to do a isometric workout but then decided against it, favoring rest. Here are today's meals.

Breakfast:
none.

Lunch:
3 tangerines, 3 bananas. (471 Calories)

Dinner:
3 tangerines, 2 bananas, one avocado, one stalk of celery (664 Calories).

Exercise: none.


Grace and Peace be multiplied.


todd

Day 91, 100% Raw Fruitarian...

Monday, Day 91, 100% Raw Fruitarian. i stated yesterday that would rather subsist on water or nothing rather than eat anything but fruit. That statement is quickly being put to the test. i didn't have alot of fruit available today, but i was able to have a very good dinner. i ended up supplementing my meals with some water. i was still able to get in a good isometric workout (we had heavy rain most of the day so we didn't get our power walk in). i felt sore from yesterday's workout but i still needed to do some isometrics today (call me hooked...lol). Today's meals were:

Breakfast:
quarter of a pineapple, quarter of a cantaloupe..(104 calories).

Dinner:
Large non-sweet fruit salad with banana-avocado dressing (1005 calories).

Later:
33oz of water.


Exercise: 20 minutes of isometrics.

Grace and Peace be multiplied.


todd

Day 90, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Sunday, Day 90, 100% Raw Fruitarian. Today, marks the three month point of my journey. i thought it good to have a little reflection and see where i am. i feel extremely healthy and fit. i feel like i am getting more so by the week. My mind is getting clearer and still clearer. The Lord is showing me wonderful things in the Bible. Deep things that give me strength. i am so very thankful that He led me on this path. My weight has stayed at 185-187lbs for the last several weeks. i still believe that will change going forward, but that is where i am now. i am really into fruit, even more so now than when i started. Watermelon is my big thing at this time. Can't get enough of it. My wife says its because of the water, that is probably partially true. But i love cantaloupe also, but in no ways how i feel about the watermelon. Speaking of water. Pretty much i have not been drinking any. i have not felt the need to as i don't feel thirsty and my urine stream has been crystal clear. Also, i have been urinating alot.

i feel at this time, that i would rather starve or fast on water than eat something that is not fruit. My wife is alittle concerned about that because whenever we are short on fruit, i just won't eat. So now she is making sure i have enough, but i also want to make sure the family has enough, makes for some interesting discussions. i still feel like i am in the embryonic stage of this portion of my journey. i also feel that having been raw for several years prepared me for this. Being 100% raw is another level from anything less than that. Being 100% Fruitarian is a still higher level from raw. i feel this in my own person. i still have some cravings for salt at times, but to be honest they are far and few between and not very strong. That addiction is going by the wayside (i thank my Lord for His grace upon me).

i had a good workout day today. i decided to do some reps to see if the isometrics are helping me. i found out indeed they have been. But first today's meals.

Breakfast:
One cantaloupe, 3 honey tangerines. (344 calories)

Lunch:
Zucchini spaghetti mixed with non-sweet fruit and raisins, Covered in avocado-plantain-tangerine juice sauce. DELICIOUS. (996 calories).

Dinner:
one tangerine (52 calories).

Exercise:
i turned my timer on for 20 minutes and wanted to see what i could do in that time. Here it was:
121 regular pushups, 40 incline pushups, 14 chins, 45 one-legged squats (each leg). It was not much but last week i could not do more than 90 pushups or even one chin. i think i was out of condition since i had not done chins in two years. Two years ago i was doing 3 sets of 20. i plan on being back there (and past there) in the next few weeks. Overall, the isometrics are doing their job.

Later on, after our bible study, i felt so good i did 80 more pushups. They felt great too.

Grace and Peace be multiplied.


todd

Day 89, 100% Fruitarian

Saturday, Day 89, 100% Raw Fruitarian. i believe in resting the 7th day and man, i had a good rest today. My wife and children wanted to go and visit a church so they did. That left me at home, alone, in peace and quietness. It was beautiful. It was also a rainy day so that made it even more cosy. There are many stresses and trials in my life now, but during this 24 hour period, its like a close a door and kick them all out! LOL. After this week, i really needed that and was thankful to get it. i was only missing my durian this day, but thats ok, i am sure i will get some in the future. No exercise, i would have went for a walk, but as i said i was rainy. i pretty much stayed in my robe and pajamas all day. A woman i had recently met asked my wife if she could come over and ask me some bible questions. We had a good little fellowship. i ate well also.

My meals today were:

Breakfast:
one mini watermelon, 4 tangerines. (750 calories)

Lunch:
non-sweet fruity salad with banana-avocado sauce (1472 calories)

dinner:
one avocado, 2 tangerines. (393 calories)

Exercise: none


Grace and Peace be multiplied.


todd

Day 88, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Friday, Day 88, 100% Raw Fruitarian. It was snowing and raining today. Slushy. So we didn't do our power walk. But i was able to have a terrific indoor isometric workout. Today i made a decision. We make decisions every day. Usually we do this when faced with a situation (important or trivial), that forces us to do it. i have been in a spiritual battle recently. i believe what the Bible says, that we are in a spiritual war which will rage until the enemy of all righteousness is forever destroyed (very soon i pray). Every war has battles and skirmishes. Battles are won and battles are lost yet until the end, the war rages on. Many are in a war with themselves regarding the raw diet and many surrender, waving the white flag, very easily. In the spiritual battle that is raging over my soul right now, i came to this conclusion which the Bible describes in these verses:

Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him....Job 13:15

But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. Job 23:10

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. Job 23:12

Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. 19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. Hab 3:17-19

i am very thankful for the Bible in times of battle. i am also very happy that it is Friday and i made it until the weekend. i am looking forward to the bible studies we are doing this weekend. They give me strength, encouragement and inspiration during times of trial. A shelter in time of storm.

My meals today were:

Breakfast:

one watermelon, 5 bananas. (1170 Calories)

Dinner:

Non-sweet fruit salad with banana-avocado dressing. (1470 Calories)

Exercise: 30 minutes of isometrics....3 sets of 4 exercises....2 minutes of abs..2 sets of calistenics.

Have a wonderful Weekend.

Grace and Peace be multiplied.

todd

RAW - The Diet of the Remnant

The Lord is preparing a people to stand........

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. 2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. Mal 3:1-3

They will lose all things earthly, they will lose all earthly support, they will stand thru the darkest period in the history of planet earth......

1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. 2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. Dan 12:1-3

They will perfectly reflect the Character of Jesus Christ without question or exception.....

1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: 3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. 4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. 5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God. Rev 14:1-5

They will have an experience like no other believers ever.........

3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. Rev 14:3

The will be restored by Grace to what Christ intended for mankind when He Created Adam.....

19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. 20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: 21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

Acts 3:19-21

They will eat as Adam ate in his sinless state.....

29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. Gen 1:29

The same fruit diet that they will eat in Heaven......

12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine. Ezekiel 47:12

1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. Rev 22:1-2

They will thru Grace be prepared to warn the World that these are the Last Days of Earth's History......

7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. Rev 21:7,8

27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. Rev 21:27

14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. 15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. Rev 22:14,15

And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, 10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: Rev 13:9,10

1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. 2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. 3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. 5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. Rev 18:1-5

.......And While the people of the world are trying to discover themselves......

2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. Prov 18:2

The Remnant are in preparation, seeking Truth,

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. John 4:23,24

10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. Dan 12:10

Friend, do not get caught up in the things of this world....

1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Rom 12:1,2

19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. 20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: 21 Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.

Grace and Peace be multiplied.

Amen

Day 87, 100% Fruitarian.

Thursday, Day 87, 100% Fruitarian. A pretty stressful day today, but i am still standing by Grace. i ate well today and i had an excellent workout. The isometric exercises i am doing really make me feel it. i am using them in preparation of a more strenous workout in the months to come. Here was today's menu:

Breakfast:
One mini watermelon, 6 oranges, 3 bananas (1360 Calories)

Lunch:
non-sweet fruity salad with avo-mango-banana sauce (1200 calories)

Dinner:
one cantaloupe, 3 bananas, one orange (940 calories)

Exercise:
4 mile power walk, 2 sets of 4 isometric exercises.

Grace and Peace be multiplied.


todd

Do We trust our Intuition or Science?

DISCLAIMER: This blog was written for Bible-believing Christians..

This question was recently posed on a forum. Many answered in favor of one or the other or both for various reasons. When i thought about it i realized, as a Christian, i can trust neither. You see, the people of the world are searching for things. Some are searching for knowledge and wisdom and peace and happiness. These are wonderful pursuits. But if one is a True Christian, it means one has definitely found something. The bible calls it "the Pearl of great price"..here is how the Lord Jesus Christ describes it...Let us Hear the Word....

Matt 13:45,46

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:

Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

When a person gives their heart and life in commitment to Christ, they find something. Something that intuition and science can never give. Of Christ it is said...

1Cor 1:24

But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

Colossians 2:3

In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

How much knowledge does the God of Heaven possess?

Psalm 147: 4,5

He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

Its always good to seek knowledge.....but when, as a Christian, one begins to put trust in one's own intuition or in Science.....we are disrespecting the God we profess to serve....here the Word...

Jeremiah 17:5-9

Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.

Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.

For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Let those who know not Christ trust their heart....the people of God should trust Him.....completely. The heart can easily be deceived.......hear the Word....

Luke 22:31

..........behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:

In Christ you can become impregnable against the assaults of satan.....without Christ you are an easy target....he can sift you as wheat.......hear the Word...

Rev 12:9

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

emphasis supplied......he deceives the whole world....he deceives those who seek science, intuition, fake christians and all the rest. Only the Remnant cannot be deceived (Rev 12:17) and that is because the remnant ascribe to these .......hear the Word....

Isaiah 8:19,20

And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

Isaiah 2:22

Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ?

Brothers and Sisters in Christ........its nice to gain and search for knowledge but let us remember who we are in Christ and what we have available to us. These things those who trust in science and intuition do not have. Even Christ, His Word and His precious Holy Spirit.....last verse.....


John 16:13

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

Grace and Peace be multiplied.


brother todd

Day 86 100% Fruitarian

Wednesday, Day 86, 100% Fruitarian. Busy day today. Hustling about seeking to do my part to provide for my family. In my daily travels i am blessed to meet varied and interesting types of people. i met a man who worked with placing children in foster and adoptive homes. As we spoke i realized he has seen some pretty ugly things. He seemed hardened by it, so that it did not phase him (apparently). i realized that this was a defense mechanism many people use to deal with the ugly things of life. After beholding so much darkness, in order to continue one must harden themselves. i see it in big city police officers and people that work in the prison system. i realized that, i don't want that. i want to be able to appreciate things for how good or bad they are. Not get so used to the good that i take it for granted or to the bad that my heart is hardened. i met another man that is battling to save his sight. He has had many eye operations. There was so much i wanted to share with him, but i could not. Sometimes we can overwhelm people if we are not careful (which is just as bad if not worse than saying nothing at all). But we had a long and very enjoyable conversation. i hope i was able to be used by the Lord to drop some seeds of hope for him to pick up. Ate very well today. i am so thankful that i am able to eat delicious food like this, it is a great blessing. The majority of the planet, either by choice, deception or poverty, does not enjoy this blessing. i pray to be able to help change that in some small way.

Today's meals:

Breakfast:
One watermelon (mini), 6 oranges ...1100 calories.

Lunch:
6 bananas, 4 oranges.....840 Calories

Dinner:
Non-sweet Fruity Salad with mango-banana-avo sauce (i am really feeling avos this past week)......1475 Calories.

Note: i ideally prefer to have the heaviest calorie meal as the middle meal. But because it i have to prepare it, when i am on the road it gets switched. Normally you will notice from previous blogs that i have the non-sweet fruity salad (heaviest meal) in the middle. This is what i prefer for digestion and max energy. .


Exercise:
4 mile powerwalk, 20 minutes of isometric exercises.


Grace and Peace be multiplied.

Day 85, 100% Raw Fruitarian

Tuesday, Day 85, 100% Fruitarian. Busy day today, that is good. Good day foodwise also. We are planning another Raw Remnant potluck in early April. We have some of the same folks coming back. One of them is now 100% raw since coming to our last one (smile). i spoke to him today and he wants to go 30 days. It has been about 10 days since the last raw potluck, that day he decided to be 100% raw. He says he is out of the "200lb" club now and still shrinking. It is a wonderful thing to help people, its good for the receiver and the giver. People have donated to our ministry and we in turn seek to bless others. i pray such ripples are very far reaching indeed.

Today's menu.

Breakfast:
Delicious juicy watermelon, 2 tangerines, 2 minneola oranges, 2 navel oranges. A most satisfying breakfast. (1000 calories)

Lunch:
7 large bananas. i ate them at my office, i should have brought a few more. (800 calories)

Dinner:
Large non-sweet fruity salad with mango-avo-banana sauce. (1600 calories)

i post the calories because i am noticing many of those i speak to who are just starting out are not giving themselves enough fruit calories to ensure fruity success.

Exercise: 4 mile powerwalk, 15 minutes of isometrics.


Grace and Peace be multiplied.


todd

Day 84 100% Raw Fruitarian

Monday, Day 84, 100% Raw Fruitarian. i noticed that over the last two weeks i really have had no taste for sweet fruit salads or smoothies. i really just want the fruit itself. The juicier and sweeter the better. i obtained some minneola oranges yesterday and the rest of my family thinks they are bitter. To me, they are very sweet and very juicy. They were only 50 cents apiece so i bought 15 of them. i had 5 dollars left and i bought ten more today. Last night after i finished my online bible study, i had three of them (along with two navels). Delicious. Also, i am continuing to thoroughly enjoy the watermelon. We are so fortunate in that i am able to get central american watermelons when they are not growing here. Now the season for Virginia (and the southern U.S.) is coming in a couple of months, that will be joyful! My caloric intake has been over 3200 both yesterday and today. i didn't plan it that way, yesterday the durian and the avocado alone added about 800 calories, today it was the bananas. Eating enough calories is very important in the beginning stages of fruitarianism i believe. i had an excellent isometric workout after our powerwalk this morning. i am sore right now, the good kind, the kind that makes one know you reached the muscles involved.

The menu for today was:

Breakfast:

one watermelon, 3 minneola oranges.

Lunch:
5 bananas.

Dinner:
Large non-sweet fruity salad with avocado-mango sauce.


Exercise: 4 mile powerwalk, 34 minutes of isometrics.


Grace and Peace be multiplied.


todd

Day 83, 100% Fruitarian

Sunday, Day 83, 100% Raw Fruitarian. Another beautiful day today, low in the 80's with a warm breeze. My caloric intake was higher than normal (normal for these days) today because i ate both one avocado and some durian. According to nutadiary, which i do use to log my intake, durian throws the whole carb/protein/fat ratio out the window. So be it.....lol. If i could, i would just live on durian. i love it that much. i have never tasted anything quite like it. Today's meals were:

Breakfast:
One mini watermelon and 5 bananas.


Dinner:

Large bowl of zucchini spaghetti, with chopped tomato and celery with raisins. Covered in mango-avocado sauce.......Delicious.

about 450 grams of Durian.


i was able to obtain some juicy mineola oranges today for a cheap price. i will probably eat about 3 or 4 of those later after i exercise.

Exercise:
i have been getting into isometrics lately. i did about 15 minutes this morning and will do some more this evening.

Grace and Peace be multiplied.


todd

Saturday, Day 82, 100% Raw Fruitarian

It was a beautiful day today.






After Brunch i went out for a nature walk. Air, sunshine and exercise.






i had one of these for breakfast and one in the evening (about 1200 calories total).



This was the non-sweet fruit salad for Dinner. Those two dark green things are one zucchini and one cucumber. The spices in the background are curry, basil, oregano and red pepper. These were added to the sauce and to the salad (the red pepper was not in the salad).



The next picture is the sauce that i made prior to blending. i juiced the oranges and put that in the blender with the rest of the products





This was brunch. About 350 calories







This was the finished dinner product (sauce and salad combined). About 900 calories.






Grace and peace be multiplied.

todd

Day 82, 100% Fruitarian

Saturday, Day 82, 100% Raw Fruitarian. Very nice day today. i stayed home and it was quiet and peaceful. i love days like that. Very therapuedic. The temperature reached 80 degrees F today. i was able to take a nice walk in the first warm breezes of the year. It felt wonderful. i have many troubles, but today, i cast them all off. i ate well today. i took pictures of each meal and hopefully will post them tomorrow. This gives a visual for those that learn best that way. Here are todays meals.

Breakfast:
one watermelon.

Brunch (3 hrs later):
3 navel oranges, 4 honey tangerines.

Dinner:
Large non-sweet fruity salad with banana-mango dressing.

Later:
one watermelon.

exercise: 4 mile walk.


Grace and Peace be multiplied.


todd

Day 81, 100% Fruitarian

Friday, Day 81, 100% Raw Fruitarian. i rarely work on Fridays. i usually do food shopping early in the day and get home early. i am a Sabbath Keeper. So i use that day to prepare my heart and mind for rest on the Sabbath with my family. But today was different. i did my shopping yesterday morning and i had an early afternoon appointment. So i ate breakfast, but i missed lunch and had lunch as dinner. Overall i ate lighter than usual, but i feel very good. The fruit is becoming more and more of a great blessing to me each day and each week (and now each month). i am nearly three months into it and while its still very early (i am committed for one year), i can really experience many of its benefits. It is scheduled to be a very warm and nice day here tomorrow. i look forward to getting out in nature and breathing in the clean air after eating delicious melon in the morning. i look forward to prayer and bible study and contemplation of the things of Heaven. Fruitarianism is being used by the Lord to give me a greater appreciation of all these things.

Todays menu.

Breakfast:
one whole mini watermelon, one cantaloupe. One very satisfied man. Delicious.


Dinner:
Large non-sweet fruit salad with a most delicious mango-banana sauce.


exercise: 4 mile power walk, 80 pushups.

Have a great weekend!

Grace and Peace be multiplied unto you.


todd

Day 80, 100% Fruitarian

Thursday, Day 80, 100% Raw Fruitarian. Very busy today. i am hoping this is a sign of good things to come. In my line of work, the busier i am the better for business. i was driving all over, but i still ate well. i was able to stop home and eat lunch which really hit the spot. i am noticing that i am adding less as far as ingredients into my sauces. Its taking less to satisfy my taste buds. i am enjoying whole fruit more and more. Definitely becoming more attuned spiritually as i am more able to read situations and circumstances with more clarity, making better decisions and, i believe, hear the Holy Spirit as He guides me. i ate well today, alittle more avocado than usual (i keep thinking back to my blog of a few days ago when i sadly thought they would be history), in fact, i have a taste for them now. Well, on to today's menu.

Breakfast:
one watermelon, three navel oranges, one mango.

Lunch:
Non-sweet fruit salad with plantain-avocado sauce.

Dinner:
4 tangerines, 3 navel oranges.

Exercise: 100 pushups. The thing i am noticing about the pushups is, i am able to get them done with very little rest. i have been doing pushups since i was 12 years old as a workout on and off. i seek to have very good form when i do them (bad form only cheats yourself). Until very recently, like the last 3-4 weeks, i had not done them in about a year. So to get back into them is cool and like i said, they are not making rest as much between sets. Fruitarian power!


Grace and Peace be multiplied.


todd

Day 79 100% Fruitarian

Wednesday, Day 79, 100% Raw Fruitarian. Busy day today. Before i get into what i ate today, i want to relate a small detox experience. i wouldn't have mentioned it at all except it came to me that it may help someone so i decided to blog it. About a week ago, i awoke with a pain in the back of my mouth. It hurt very badly so that i could not open my mouth for a large spoonful of fruit. i looked into the mirror to investigate and i saw in the back of the right side of my mouth, a large lump. It looked like it was about to burst. Now, i know people who, when faced with such things automatically go into panic mode. Being that i really distrust hospitals, doctors and science for the most part, i literally would rather die than panic about such things. i ascribed it to detox and just kept on going. The pain got worse and worse over the next 3 days so that it almost felt like i had a very bad sore throat. The lump actually grew. Then over the next several days it began to slowly subside. As of the writing of this blog (its actually Thursday morning), its completely gone. No pain and its as if it never came at all. What i am learning is, in spite of being a raw vegan for 5 years, the Fruitarian diet is surely at altogether another level. In terms of all areas, spiritual, fitness, cleansing and detox. Its very thorough.

Ok...Wednesday's menu:

Breakfast:
one watermelon

Lunch:
Large non-sweet fruity salad with plantain sauce. The fruit salad contained: one tomato, one medium size zucchini, one apple, large chunk of a large papaya (i'd say 25% of it), 2 stalks of celery and half a cup of raisins. The sauce had: one very ripe plantain, 6-8oz of fresh squeezed oj, small pieces of the celery (the tops and leaves), half a cup of raisins, red pepper, curry and basil. (i also sprinkled the same spices on the salad itself with alittle cayenne, probably didn't need the cayenne).

Dinner:
3 tangerines, 3 navel oranges, mini papaya.

Exercise: none today.


Grace and peace be multiplied.

todd

Day 78, 100% Fruitarian

Tuesday, Day 78, 100% Fruitarian. i ate very well today. i learned also that when it comes to my own body, i still have alot to learn. A few days ago i posted a reaction i had from an avocado i had eaten. i thought that, because of how it was heavy on my stomach, that i would probably end up not using them as much in the future. Then came the situation where we found ourselves with more avocado then we anticipated. Being that i am one who thinks it nearly sacriligious to waste any fruit, found myself having one per day over the last three days. No issues, heaviness or other ill feelings to report. So how much i know...lol.

My meals today were as follows.

Breakfast:
1.5 watermelons.

Lunch:
Delicious neutral fruity salad with pineapple and papaya along with non-sweet fruits tomato, cucumber, celery and raisins. i made a sauce from pineapple and mango that was outstanding. It was so rich and creamy that i used it as a soup (i put red pepper in it) as it was a cold day. i added an avocado and a plantain to it ......totally Delicious.

Dinner:
3 honey tangerines, 2 navel oranges.


3 sets of pushups......thats all i have had time for recently.


Grace and Peace be multiplied.


todd

How Grace Helps in Diet

Grace is very important to the Christian. The Bible says in Ephesians 2:8

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

So we need Grace even to be saved as a Christian. But this tells us very little about exactly what Grace is. What this verse does say, though, is that Grace is a gift. A gift is something that cannot be earned. This is what makes it a gift. So we know Grace is a gift from Christ.

Ok, but what IS Grace? The bible gives us the answers.

Romans 5:10 (Speaking of Christ) says,

For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

So, if we are saved by Grace and we are saved by the life of Christ....then

Grace=Life of Christ.

So the very life of Christ Himself is grace. How does that help me? The Apostle Paul experienced how and in many places in the bible the Holy Spirit used his words to explain.

Galatians 1:15,16

15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, 16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:

Here Grace is shown to have a purpose. To reveal Christ in the receiver of it. So the power for the believer to live a life of righteousness comes from Christ. This would include the area of diet.

1Thess 5:23

23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We are to be preserved blameless. This we of ourselves have no power to do. Most Christians understand they cannot save themselves. But for some reason when it comes to the area of diet, they start to think "i can take if from here".......of course this is a fallacy. Even if a person appeared to be successful in their dietary pursuits without the Grace of Christ, the glory would go to the person and not to Christ.

The True Christian wants the glory to go to Christ always. Our Saviour has limitless Power. In fact......He IS Power. If we trust Him to forgive us all our sins and cast them away as the prophet Micah says: (Micah 7:19)

19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

Then why don't we trust Christ to give us grace to overcome in the area of diet? Perhaps its ignorance, perhaps its pride or something else. But with all the power of the universe available, it seems reasonable to tap into it.

So many are dying for lack of knowledge of Christ. The knowledge could be given by an example of a victorious Life more than any sermon. Grace allows that to happen.

Here are a couple more verses:

Jude 24

24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

Titus 2:11,12

11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

John 15:3

5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

Friend, you have tried to eat right, but you keep falling. You are hooked on things that you know are not good for you nor bring glory to the Lord. Tell Christ your sin, let Him know how weak you are, He loves you and has abundant Grace available for you. He will keep you as He promised. You are guaranteed success so long as you come to Him and do not give up. One more verse......

John 6:37

37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.


Don't stop coming and you will never be cast out!!


Grace and peace be multiplied.


todd

Day 77 100% Raw Fruitarian

Monday, Day 77, 100% Fruitarian. i would normally attempt a fast today, but we have so much delicious fruit on hand at this time that i wanted to enjoy it. i even had alittle of the durian left from yesterday. It snowed here yesterday and overnight, i think we received a total of about 5 inches or snow. Thats pretty big news in southwestern Virginia these days. Of course i again fared sumptuously today. The menu was:

Breakfast:
One Mini-watermelon. three honey tangerines, 2 navel oranges. About 450 grams of Durian.

Dinner:
Non-sweet fruity salad (including Papaya), with mango-avocado dressing. The dressing was so thick and creamy that i used what was leftover as a pudding. It was Delicious!

Later:
Three more navel oranges.


Exercise: Three sets of pushups.


Grace and Peace be multiplied.


todd

What's the Raw Remnant's Mission and beliefs?

The Raw Remant is a Christian ministry. It seeks to help those who believe the body is to be the Temple of the Holy Spirit. This is in accordance with 1 Cor 3:16,17

"16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. "


The Raw Remnant promotes no church organization or denomination. We are not members of any ourselves. We are simply Christians, disciples of Christ.

The Raw Remnant believes in the Original diet given to mankind. We believe it was a Fruitarian Diet (Gen 1:29) and will be so in Heaven. The Fruitarian diet is something most must grow into because the enemy of all righteousness has perverted society's whole concept of diet. Even most christians have bought into anti-biblical teachings on the subject, even twisting scripture to make it appear that they can put anything in the Temple and its blessed. The tremendous amount of disease, suffering and early deaths among professed believers shows clearly the fruit of this teaching.

We believe the body, soul and spirit are one according to 1Thess 5:23. This ministry is NOT based on any scientific evidence or study. It is based on faith in the Bible alone. When we refer to the Bible, we are referring to the King James Version of it.

We believe that we are living in the Last Days of Earths History. God will have a people who will be prepared to stand during Earth's darkest hour. We do not ascribe to the theory of a secret rapture. We believe that all of the Redeemed in Heaven will be Raw Vegans (Ezekiel 47:12, Acts 3:21, Rev 22:1-4 and many more). Animals were not created for man to eat them, but this development came as a result of sin.

We believe the gospel of Christ is able to heal anyone of anything. We believe God's last day people will be raw vegans as the gospel completely restores them (Acts 3:19-21).

We want to help as many people as possible have clean bodies and minds. The mind is where decisions are made. The decision as to what is a person's Eternal destiny is the most important of all. Many are not able to make good decisions because their minds are clouded, their bodies clogged with pollutions, their hearts filled with worry and care.

We believe Jesus Christ created the human body. He created it to live eternally. He paid sin's penalty and mediates as the High Priest in Heaven now, in order for those who trust in Him to be completely restored. Restored to what He originally intended.

Our mission is to help as many as possible reach this restoration.


Grace and peace be multiplied unto you.....



todd

Day of the Whole Durian!

Sunday, Day 76, 100% Fruitarian. i have been in tremendous trial and pressure lately. But this weekend was more than a nice respite from it. While it wasn't deliverance....it was like a mini-vacation. A getaway that refreshed mind, body and spirit. It was beautiful and no coincidentally, it was filled with Fruit . Today i received the most wonderful phone call. It was from the owner of our local asian market. He was telling me they had just gotten in whole durian! It was snowing here today (i think we got 3-4 inches which is alot in my neck of the woods) but i jumped in my car and got down there. I got an 8 pounder. The mistake i made was two fold. First, i bought the frozen pods last night, if i had waited until today i could have had two whole durians instead of one. Secondly, i ate zucchini spaghetti and non-sweet fruity salad prior to the durian. i was only able to eat half my durian and i was stuffed. Oh what a wonderful thing to have too much fruit!

i went food shopping today. i usually go food shopping on friday morning. i hate crowds and i can avoid them at that time. But circumstance caused me to be out there today. What a madhouse it is! But what i noticed was how worried, sad and worn the people generally look. i don't know if its this recession or just the times in which we live. Its probably both. i was watching them, feeling sad for them and at the same time thankful that i have One that i can place all my cares on and He provides for me. As He did this past week and weekend. i also saw the things they were buying to eat. Sodas, white bread, chips, candies, lots of flesh and other things. i remembered that, this once represented me. i was thankful, very thankful for the grace that delivered me from that. i may not have much money, but money cannot buy health and it cannot give peace.

Well, enough of all that. i again, ate like a king (pig) today. i was able to get more watermelons on sale. Along with other fruits i purchased like honey tangerines, oranges, mangos, cantaloupes and of course the beloved Durian

Breakfast:one whole watermelon, one-half of one durian pod

Dinner:Bowl of zucchini spaghatti with one avocado and one tomato. Bowl of non-sweet fruity salad both with plantain-mango sauce.

About the avocado, just when i was trying to not have so many, i realized we have too many in the house! so many, in fact that some of them are starting to go bad. i will never allow fruit to be wasted. So my wife had one, my daughter had one and i had one. i am hoping that between tomorrow and tuesday we can lower the inventory.

After that i ate the durian. i ate half of it. My wife had her fill of the pods from last night as did my daughter. Opening it was fun..lol. Having seen so many youtube demonstrations i felt like a pro. It was so rich and cremey. Totally sweet and delicous. It didn't even smell (my son was vocal about his concerns in this area and he had to admit he didn't smell anything). i am not sure why. It came up from Florida, so its not like it had to travel very far. Whatever. i will have more for breakfast. Too much fruit on hand to fast...lol.

Too busy shopping today so that i didnt exercise again. i will catch up.

Having such a blessed, fruity time this weekend. Hope you had a wonderful weekend.

Grace and Peace be multiplied.

todd

Wonderful Fruit-filled Weekend of Witnessing

Saturday, Day 75 100% Fruitarian. What a wonderful weekend i have had! To think its only half over. Yesterday we received enough donations from our ministry to really stock up well on delicious, sweet fruits. i was so happy! The Raw Potluck went fantastic today. There were a total of six guests, none of them raw, three of them just getting into veganism. Of the others, to say they had reservations is an understatement. Two of them were openly discussing how much they love pork. By the end of the day, they were raving about the food and asking for recipes. They were asking all types of questions. We spoke on many spiritual things and issues of the day. It was rich. Since fruitarianism is a part of my faith, it is so fulfilling to see people enjoying the fellowship. They all wanted to do it again next month. i am hoping to invite a few other people too. i believe the home is the best church. It should be a warm place where angels dwell and the spirit of love dominates. That is the way it was yesterday.

i have learned a few things in the past week regarding my fruitarian journey. i would like to share them. First, avocados. i have noticed a change in myself over the last two weeks. At the beginning of this journey i would eat 2-3 per day. Then after several weeks i would eat 1-2 per day. This past week, i ate one. That one left a heaviness in my stomach. My system is getting more sensitive to the richness of the avocado. i still love that fruit. But now i must eat it more sparingly. In reading some others' fruitarian testimony, (specifically kveta's from Mango's site), they have a similar experience. For me, it happened by circumstance. We didn't have the money to buy as many so i didn't eat them. Then when i was able to get some they seemed much heavier on me. i went maybe a week and a half or two weeks without them. The other day, i had one inside my zucchini spaghetti (delicious). Even three hours later, i felt it in the pit of my stomach. For me this means i definitely have to approach them differently now at this stage of my journey. i don't want anyone to get the impression in any way that avocados are bad. They are very good. But for me, at this time and at this place in my journey, i have to be careful. If i eat them at all, i will eat them alone with nothing else. i will limit myself to one, maybe two in a week and see how i feel. But i can see how that the possibility exists that i will not be able to eat them at all. We'll see. That would be too bad because i really love them .

The second lesson i learned is about fruit in the winter. i started this journey around December 16th, 2008. Officially that was the last few days of the fall. It is now March 1 as i am typing this. Basically 19 more days of winter left. i have went thru the brunt of winter, with just fruit. At times i did feel cold, but that was remedied by just dressing warmer. Also, i believe this will prepare me for the summer. i feel that my body will be able to not only withstand greater heat, but probably embrace it. This is important for me because whenever i run in the summer i have a hard time with heat. i end up going out early in the morning or in the evening because of it. i always preferred running in the fall and winter because my head would feel like it was going to explode in the heat. i believe this summer will be different. i very much look forward to finding out. i believe the reason for the change is the lack of salt in my diet. Salt and fat. Prior to now, i ate raw, but i also ate salt and used oil. Now those things are gone. It will be interesting to see.

Saturday's menu:

Breakfast:half a watermelon, half a cantaloupe.

Lunch:i would normally have my non-sweet fruity salad with sauce. But to be honest, my guests destroyed it. i was able to just get a small remnant of it. Just a corner really. i didn't even post it on nutradiary. But my food was watching them enjoy. So i had a feast i did eat one tangerine and three bananas along with two oranges while i was talking to them.

Dinner:Three navel oranges, two tangerines, 450 grams of Durian . Half a watermelon........totally delicious.No exercise today.i wanted to post a picture of my beautiful wife of 25 years. She is 44 days 100% raw now . i am so proud of her. Also what is left of our weekend stash (getting more fruit today).

Grace and Peace be multiplied.

todd