When a meal is ready,psychologically we are full of anticipation.Physically,our oral cavities increase their salivary output and our nostrils are at their peak performance picking up the aroma.The only acceptable happy ending for this kind of persecutory build up is a brief prayer and then letting people do justice to the food pronto.
Lets take a quick look into the anatomy of a standard prayer before a meal.First thank the supreme being you believe in for the constant supply of respiratory substrates. Then conclude by humbly requesting Him to bless the meal so that its metabolism benefits your body(If its junk food,this is the time where you pray for a less severe form of Coronary heart disease or hypertension)
Why in the prayer would you ask the Lord to bless the Kinangop farmers who grew the potatoes we have used for the meal?The fact that we have cooked their potatoes is a sure sign that they got blessed with sales.
Why would one when praying for food decide to thank Jesus for all of the miracles He did in the New Testament?The blind son of Bartimaeus surely deserved getting healed coz he seemed like a nice chap but what the hell has he got to do with the Ugali -Sukuma we are about to eat?
Making lengthy prayers in front of hungry people is like campaigning for an ass whooping.Somebody might just send you to the emergency department of the nearest health facility.Hypoglycemia makes human patience razor thin.
The only exception where one can can pray for long before a meal is when it is well known that the person who prepared the meal is a labbish cook.In every society,there are these people who think they are great cooks while in the real sense they are just food poisoning practitioners.Before eating food cooked by such people,you will surely need to pray about the imminent stomach upset.In fact,in this case pray vehemently until you start foaming at the mouth.
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