But Israel would I feed with the finest wheat *
and satisfy him with honey from the rock. -Psalm 81:16
We feed those we love, and in the primordial days of infancy we are fed by those who love us: mother, father, grandmother, aunt. Before we could even speak, we received by mouth this communication of life and love. The communion of generations feeding and being fed. Those we love, we feed well, like a mother that tries to buy healthy food for their growing child or a doting grandson that gives that soft juicy piece of chicken for his aging grandfather. God is like that towards God’s people.