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Ram's Story | Simply Eat

Coming from a multi-faith background, Ram couldn't believe that God would offer to eat with him

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Ram's Story | Simply Eat

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Coming from a multi-faith background, Ram couldn't believe that God would offer to eat with him

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We were expelled from East Africa,

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so we arrived as refugees in London.

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My name is Ram, and this is my story of food and faith.

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When I was growing up, I grew up in a Hindu family,

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but we were also worshippers at the Sikh temple.

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And the school they sent me to was a Muslim school.

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So I had these three faith traditions

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very much part of my childhood upbringing.

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But the one faith that was really,

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not quite formally taboo, but never looked upon kindly,

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was the Christian faith.

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I started reading this book, 'Good News for Modern Man',

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and as I read it, I must confess that I got to

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the Book of Revelation, chapter three, verse 20,

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"Behold, I stand at the door and knock.

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"If anyone opens the door, I will come in

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"and eat with him and he with me."

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Now that really meant a lot to me.

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Food is something I was brought up with

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in the different cultures I was brought up with.

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Food was the point of engagement.

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I haven't come across that kind

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of expression of a god who eats with me.

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And I said the very simple prayer,

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got on my knees, and accepted Jesus as my saviour.

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My first non-vegetarian meal during the week,

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I decided to try roast beef and Yorkshire pudding

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at the canteen.

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So I went and got it, and sat down,

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and a Sri Lankan friend sat across from me,

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and he looked at it, and he said,

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-"Your name is Ram, isn't it?" -I said, "Yes."

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He said, "You are from a Hindu family, Hindu background.

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"What are you doing eating roast beef and Yorkshire pudding?

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"Roast beef."

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I said, "Oh, I must tell you, I've accepted Jesus,

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"and I've read the Bible, and the Bible says

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"if you pray over your food and give thanks,

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"you can eat anything."

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When I then told my mum that I'd become

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a follower of Jesus, she looked shocked,

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she looked amazed, she couldn't comprehend

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that this kind of switching was possible.

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But I suppose what I found was so precious

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and so special,

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I just kept at it.

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And if I fast-forward to today,

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over 50 members of my family have become

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followers of Jesus.

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To take that bold step of inviting somebody in,

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say, "Come and see me, let's have this meal together,"

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and using food as a means of communicating,

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once they start, once they engage over a meal,

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a meal is a very special and precious time

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to engage, interact, and build relationships

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with integrity, and let it take its time.

March 2020
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Topics
Personal evangelism
Different faiths
Cross-cultural
Families
Apologetics

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