“Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil and to choose the good.” (2 Nephi 17:15).
Butter and honey are quite healthy!
What interests me is the use of the word "that" meaning His consumption of butter and honey brings about the effect of knowledge between good and evil.
A result of living the Word of Wisdom.
I think this goes deeper also. Think of butter and honey.
Butter has been known in the world's history as an agent of cleansing and healing, a symbol of perfecting and a quality food accompaniment of divine class. Even religious in its involvement in rituals (https://www.dairygoodness.ca/butter/the-history-of-butter, 2015).
Spiritually speaking, do I have my daily butter? Personally, my limited education on nutrition and health has me restricting myself on butter intake out of fear of cholesterol building up in my blood vessels. Spiritually speaking, the butter has a quality that should be partaken of daily. Much like applying the healing, cleansing, perfecting and divine aspects of the Atonement into our lives daily.
Want to find answers to life's troubling and wounding questions? Search the scriptures with the deepest prayer and desires. Want to come closer to God? Pray like you've never prayed before, all day long in your heart, often on your knees, speaking to God as a close and respected friend. Partake of His spiritual butter!
What about honey?
Honey has been known to have an eternal shelf-life. Honey has no expiration date! Amina Harris, executive director of the Honey and Pollination Center at the Robert Mondavi Institute at Univeristy of California, Davis explains, “Honey in its natural form is very low moisture. Very few bacteria or microorganisms can survive in an environment like that, they just die. They’re smothered by it, essentially” (http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-science-behind-honeys-eternal-shelf-life-1218690/).
Is my life like that honey? Do I lack the character traits, habits, ideals and lack-of-disciplines that would allow evil, messiness, and temptation to enter my life?
The Saviour's Atonement is known to have an eternal and continuous influence upon those who allow it to have such an effect. I believe that partaking of daily, spiritual honey will have that sort of influence.
Compare spiritual butter, milk and honey to spiritual MacDonald's or KFC (eww). Or spiritual junk food.
Compare uplifting music to demeaning music that drives the Spirit away.
Compare edifying and charitable language to language that criticises, judges, is quick to advise and slow to listen.
What we partake of each day defines more and more who we become, in books, music, food, movies, language, behaviour, kindness, etc.
Let's monitor and improve our daily diet.
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