The Gift Of Sustenance

Sadly, this blogger has not yet made it a habit to say a prayer of gratitude before each meal, which he ought and desires to but forgets to do.  Today, a thought came to him when he was sweetening his coffee with a bit of honey.  Everyone knows generally where honey comes from, but how often does one think of what God has put in place so that honey can flow from the honey combs, and how often does one think of everything else that is natural (non-genetically modified/mutated organisms) that one consumes comes also from God?

Is it therefore appropriate to thank God for what one is about to receive before feeding oneself in order to sustain one's life?  And is it appropriate to consider the planting of seeds, the harvesting, the raising of farm animals and fishing as one uninterrupted act done by many throughout the world as a continuous prayer of gratitude?  Would it be also appropriate to prepare, serve and consume food and drinks with God constantly on one's mind and to consider one's kitchen and dinner table as places of holiness inside one's home?

One can also say grace before each meal and a prayer of thanksgiving afterward.  Below is a sample of each:

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