Musing on Saying Grace

At t=0, I picked up my fork and spoon. Opened my mouth to say grace...

I suddenly was filled with question WHY?

Why am I saying grace before each meal? Is it a churchy tradition that's been followed worldwide? Where in the bible did it mention about saying grace before meals? I did remember Jesus giving thanks before he broke the bread but it was never mentioned as a 'command'. I wonder then if it is a theological issue? If it is not, then we certainly shouldn't give such a big fuss about it. If it is then we should keep it.

I wondered also, if I am making it a rule that ppl should follow? Am I saying my grace because it also appears more religious and therefore I'm holier than those believers who don't say it? I wondered also, how many of us think about why we are saying grace while we are saying it.

about 0.5 seconds later, my fork touched down on the delicious fish. I said my grace... the rest is fishstory :)

I often thank the lord for the food before i eat them. whether its for a snack, a instant noodle meal or a 9 course dinner. I said often because sometimes I do forget. Though it still eludes me why i should forget to say grace, i still do because by now it should be a habit.

Most of the time - most of the time - saying grace to me is not mechanical. Though I say it in one sentence and in a single breath just before i devour on my first bite (and sometimes after I pick up my cutlery), saying grace is most of the time not mechanical to me.

I feel so bless really to be able to eat. There are just so many tastes, textures, colours, it's amazing just what humanity has come out with to temp our taste buds. Can you tell I love food now? hahahaha Also because these recent years has been so difficult, there were times, I'm amazed that I still have food to eat. I'm just simply amazed, because I am able to, and I have food, simply to fill my tummy. He truly is our provider.

Most of the time, when I say grace, I pray about something. It's great to do that because then I know I will at the very least pray twice during lunch and dinner, for I often skip breakfast. Maybe just once, for dinner if that happens to be my only meal. Somehow, I also know that the lord hears my short prayer and will answer it.