Daniel, when in Babylon, sought a diet free of meat,
Knowing if one wants good health, it’s the first thing to delete.
He was proven to be right, and we will benefit too,
If we exclude meat also, from our own, daily menu.

Though flesh food was permitted, from the ending of the Flood,
God said, were one to eat it, it must first be drained of blood.
Hence “every moving thing,” would ensure that its bleeding,
Could be carried out by those, who here, God’s word were heeding.

This instruction from the Lord, has never been overturned,
Yet foolishly, humanity, God’s wise ruling here, has spurned.
Given that a creature’s blood, harbors all the very worst,
It’s no wonder the flesh eater, with ill health can be cursed.

The Lord knew that once again, evil would overtake man,
And it seems, flesh food allowed, to slash the human lifespan.
For malice in the heart of one, whose life continued long,
Would multiply in evil, thus producing much more wrong.

Right from meat’s introduction, life span rapidly decreased,
Those indulging in its dangers, so much sooner were deceased.
Along with shortened stature, human bodies now displayed,
The terribly sad results, of eating, what has never paid.

Soon after the fall of man, foolish humans, flesh food craved,
And ever with more tragedy, that old pathway has been paved.
Though humans have received, the penalty of their choosing,
Still today, they can be seen, the butcher’s wares perusing.

The diet God first gave us, must then, surely say it all,
So why would any justify, meat’s indulgence by the Fall,
Yet often with their thinking, it’s precisely this most do,
Even when alternatives, are so clearly in their view.

We’re called God’s holy temple, thus, this requires action,
For harming such a temple, would be no small infraction.
But where the light shines brighter, surely there, we should be found,
Embracing what is better, with a thinking much more sound.

Material’s available, proving meat is harmful,
Evidence of its damage, can be gathered by the armful.
But like the Israelites of old, whose demands soon got them quail,
It’s not until much later, some learn, it can make you wail.

The sad results of eating meat, are continuing to rise,
Yet, if more made the effort, they’d discover what’s more wise.
Although, even when proof’s seen, that could save folk from such pain,
There’re those who’ll still eat meat, thus giving its harm free reign.

Certain creatures, God banned as food, well before the Jewish law,
And Noah, these unclean creatures, also knew of well before.
God’s wise flesh food restrictions, still have validity today,
For they’re verified by science, and by lives, that God obey.

Not all that God permitted, met with His full approval,
Hence why our health is better, once we’ve seen meat’s removal.
Our Creator knows what’s best, and desires that all return,
To the diet He first gave, lest we, the hard way, have to learn.

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Painting by Mary T. Hoffman - God's Creation in Art

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