“What’s milk made of?”  Ella asked me recently.

“Hhmm… Well, I’m pretty sure that milk is made of… milk.”

After saying that, I started thinking about how unusual it is to see single ingredient foods these days.  I guess that’s why the words organic, natural, and whole are appearing more and more frequently on our produce and labels.   In attempt to be healthy, we seek to avoid processed food, even though they are more convenient, more transportable, and have a longer shelf life. 

Now don’t get me wrong, I’m no purist when it comes to eating.  At least not yet.  It was only recently that I learned what “trans fats” and “hydrogenated oils” are, and why I should avoid them.  Truth is, I still occasionally indulge in movie theatre popcorn.  And let’s just face it…  that “butter” is probably 110% trans hydrogenated saturated fat! 

But this concept fascinates me, because I realize that it parallels the frustration I feel toward processed versions of other things in life, like truth.  In fact, as I searched online for a good definition of this virtue, I realized that there is “no agreed upon definition” of it.  Processed truth has come to mean whatever each person believes.  Talk about convenient and transportable! 

So if truth really is subjective, then I have decided that “truth for me” is that eating fatty, processed, and hydrogenated foods is GOOD for me!  Doesn’t that make it true?  So no more guilt.  In fact, I think I’ll go have some more milk… and a whole bag of Oreos to go with it.

 “Purify them with your Truth.  Your Word is Truth.”  Jesus, John 17:17