PORK AND THE UNCLEAN - You Are What You Eat

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PORK AND THE UNCLEAN – You Are What You Eat by Bro H

Verse 1 Back in the garden, long ago Before the churches changed the show Yahweh drew a line and said "Some are food and some are not" The cattle grazing in the field The sheep and goats upon the hills The deer that wander through the pines I made for food in proper time Chorus You are what you eat That's what they always say So why would I trade God's menu For the world's buffet? He called some clean And He called some not I'd rather trust the Maker Than the cookin' pot Verse 2 The elk, the moose, the antelope The gazelle upon the slope The ox and sheep, the fallow deer The animals He made clear But not the pig, the boar, the swine The scavenger of every kind The camel, rabbit, hare and horse God never put them on the course The dog and wolf, the fox and cat The lion, tiger, bear and rat The raccoon, skunk and porcupine Not everything was made to dine Chorus You are what you eat That's what they always say So why would I trade God's menu For the world's buffet? He called some clean And He called some not I'd rather trust the Maker Than the cookin' pot Verse 3 Down in the rivers, lakes and seas The pattern's really plain to see If fins and scales are what they wear The Lord said they are food to share Salmon, trout and tuna too Herring, snapper, mullet blue Bass and cod and whitefish swim All fit for food according to Him But not the crab or lobster red Not the oyster on the bed Not the clam or shrimp below Filtering places we don't go No squid or octopus in the deep No catfish crawling through the creek The whale, the seal, the porpoise too Were never placed upon the menu Verse 4 Look to the heavens, watch them fly The lesson's written in the sky The quail and dove, the goose and hen Have fed God's people now and then But not the vulture circling high The raven watching with one eye The hawk and eagle, owl and kite The scavengers of the day and night The locust and the grasshopper Were named among the things allowed But all the creeping bugs besides Were never gathered for the crowd Bridge Peter saw a sheet come down But the churches confuse men for pork Mark spoke of what defiles the heart While the Pharisees were concerned about dirt Romans spoke of doubtful matters Not rewriting Moses’ page And Paul said every creature's good If God first sanctified the same Funny how the stories change When a verse gets pulled away A sheet becomes an unclean picnic And context turns into an all-you-can eat buffet Verse 5 Most folks won't eat a dog or cat A buzzard, crow, a sewer rat Roadkill on the roadside ditch Makes the stomach turn a bit Yet wrap a pig in bacon's name And suddenly it's not the same Somehow man improved God’s menu Or so the churches like to claim Final Chorus Holy, separate, set apart A covenant people from the start Not following appetite But walking in His light The nations do what nations do And every age invents what's true But God's people hear His voice And daily make a different choice Holy, separate, set apart Written on the table and the heart The Maker still decides the menu Just like He did from the beginning Outro The ox in the pasture... The trout in the stream... The dove in the sky... Everything in its place... Holy... Separate... Set apart… And with His People… He expects the same.