I had an epiphany during an early morning Bible study of Romans 14:

¹Receive one who is weak in the faith, but not to disputes over doubtful things. ²For one believes he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables. ³Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat, and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats; for God has received him. ⁴Who are you to judge another’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.

At first glance, one could assume Paul is saying literally “…he who is weak, however, [in faith] eats vegetables.” Verse 3 accuses both the liberal eaters and the vegetable-only of judging one another, saying Yah has accepted each one. Verse 4 drives the point home: Father Yah is the judge over a fellow believer’s lifestyle, not us. In other words, get your perceptions in order and “…remove that plank from your own eye…”

Daniel and his 3 friends ate fruit and vegetables to avoid whatever the king of Babylon wanted them to eat. Yah blessed them with good health and sound minds as a result. Whatever the Lord (and you) would have you either do or eschew in life is between you and Him. Remember He “…desires mercy, not sacrifice.”