You won't get your children to eat healthier unless you are too. They are modeling what you do many times more than doing what you say. What do you eat for breakfast before running out the door?
There have been studies can-prayer-heal that are proving that prayer and praying over our food before eating, is more than just memorized words and ritual.
Prayer is a vibration we send forth.
Prayer is answered with a likewise vibration.
Prayer, with intent, has power.
Were we taught that in Sunday school? I watch my nephews, who attend Catholic school and are learning all about prayer, and realize that they have learned the words but not the why they are saying them at mealtime! While they get that they are supposed to pray, they aren't getting taught the power of their prayer over their food and how it affects them. Why did we lose that?
Recognize the energy of everyday things and you will begin to empower your children. Teach them moment by moment that life is alive and we are all living in cooperative relationship.
If you begin with these simple lessons, and move them throughout your day, and throughout your mind, life becomes a rhythm of love and we walk forward feeling blessed. And more importantly, they learn that they are connected to a web of life that supports and surrounds them.
NIH says that the research studies that involve prayer have doubled in the last 10 years...well...to be honest that could mean that its gone from 1 to 2. But I'm still pleased to see that we can even mention PRAYER in the same breath as RESEARCH.