Understanding Food, Faith, and Health

A Guide to Diabetes, Heart Disease, Weight, and Living Well by Biblical Principle

Tak-Shun (Daniel) Choi, MD, FCAP, AASJC

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The six songs

The six songs from the book: a theme song and one for each part (F · A · I · T · H), sharing one chorus, with their words. 中文詩歌(國語、粵語)

  1. His Dwelling Place
  2. Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
  3. Received with Thanks
  4. Test Everything
  5. Bread and Oil
  6. One Day in Seven

1. His Dwelling Place

Theme song · 祂的居所

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Verse 1Fruit and grain and green of field, all the gifts the waters yield; from the garden to this day, God provides our bread each day.ChorusEat with thanks and walk with care, rest your body, breathe the air; what God has made, receive with grace — this body is His dwelling place.Verse 2Not too much and not too fast, small good choices built to last; when I fall, I start again, fruit of Spirit, not of men.ChorusEat with thanks and walk with care, rest your body, breathe the air; what God has made, receive with grace — this body is His dwelling place.BridgeWhether I eat or whether I drink, whatever I do, whatever I think, all for His glory, all of my days.Final ChorusEat with thanks and walk with care, rest your body, breathe the air; what God has made, receive with grace — this body is His dwelling place.

2. Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

Part F · 奇妙可畏

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Verse 1Eyes that see and nose that knows, long before the first bite goes; mouth and stomach start to wake — fearfully and wonderfully made.Verse 2Gut, my gate of guard and grace, keeps the stranger in its place; friendly microbes, night and day — fearfully and wonderfully made.ChorusEat with thanks and walk with care, rest your body, breathe the air; what God has made, receive with grace — this body is His dwelling place.Verse 3Fat must travel, packed and stored, liver clears it, as the Lord built the body every way — fearfully and wonderfully made.Verse 4When the fire burns too long, quiet swelling does me wrong; calm the flame and I will say: fearfully and wonderfully made.ChorusEat with thanks and walk with care, rest your body, breathe the air; what God has made, receive with grace — this body is His dwelling place.

3. Received with Thanks

Part A · 感謝着領受

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Verse 1In Eden every tree was good, fruit and seed God gave as food; after the flood He gave us more, but kept the blood as life's own store.Verse 2Leviticus drew a careful line, clean and unclean, His design; holy people, set apart, the law was written for the heart.ChorusEat with thanks and walk with care, rest your body, breathe the air; what God has made, receive with grace — this body is His dwelling place.Verse 3Daniel asked for ten plain days, simple food and faithful ways; not a rule to earn God's love, but trust in God who reigns above.Verse 4Jesus said all food is clean, Paul said love the weak between; everything God made is good when received with thanks, as it should.ChorusEat with thanks and walk with care, rest your body, breathe the air; what God has made, receive with grace — this body is His dwelling place.

4. Test Everything

Part I · 凡事察驗

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Verse 1A headline shouts, "It cuts your risk!" I stop and ask before I list: how many people, out of a hundred, were really helped, and who was burdened?Verse 2A test says yes, but is it true? Count a thousand, see it through; how common is it, where I stand? The answer's in the crowd at hand.Pre-ChorusTest everything, hold fast the good, weigh it the way a wise one should.ChorusEat with thanks and walk with care, rest your body, breathe the air; what God has made, receive with grace — this body is His dwelling place.Verse 3One number's just a single frame, the trend will tell me where I came; one study's just a single voice, let many speak before my choice.Verse 4Each faith and table has its way, I listen well to what they say; but every diet, old or new, I test to find out what is true.Pre-ChorusTest everything, hold fast the good, weigh it the way a wise one should.ChorusEat with thanks and walk with care, rest your body, breathe the air; what God has made, receive with grace — this body is His dwelling place.

5. Bread and Oil

Part T · 餅與油

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Verse 1The pyramid was turned around, the charts went up, the charts came down; but through it all one truth held fast: whole food, not too much, will last.Verse 2Bread to strengthen, oil to shine, grain and fiber, all of mine; less of sugar, less of salt, fewer things from a factory vault.ChorusEat with thanks and walk with care, rest your body, breathe the air; what God has made, receive with grace — this body is His dwelling place.Verse 3If my sugar starts to climb, I will walk and take my time; a little weight lost, step by step, is a promise I have kept.Verse 4Pill or shot, I'll ask and weigh, what it gives and takes away; with my doctor, side by side, truth and wisdom be my guide.ChorusEat with thanks and walk with care, rest your body, breathe the air; what God has made, receive with grace — this body is His dwelling place.

6. One Day in Seven

Part H · 七天裏的一天

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Verse 1Rise and walk an easy mile, after meals, a little while; strength for muscle, balance too, some is better — start with few.Verse 2One day in seven, set apart, worship God and rest the heart; sleep He gives to those He loves, peace that comes from Him above.ChorusEat with thanks and walk with care, rest your body, breathe the air; what God has made, receive with grace — this body is His dwelling place.Verse 3Slowly in, and slowly out, breathe away the fear and doubt; belly rising, breath made long, quiet heart and quiet song.Verse 4My A1C, my hs-CRP, the trend will tell the truth to me; year by year I'll watch and see, and keep the life God gave to me.ChorusEat with thanks and walk with care, rest your body, breathe the air; what God has made, receive with grace — this body is His dwelling place.OutroThis body is His dwelling place.

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