FOOD Day 2

When I was young I liked my popcorn plain. No salt, no butter. I didn’t like movie theatre popcorn, and when microwave popcorn came out, I didn’t like that either. Air popped or cooked in a pot of oil. That’s it. Nothing fancy, nothing complicated.

It was the same with most of the foods I ate, I preferred them plain. No need for salt, marinades, butter, cheese or ketchup. Plain old boring, as is food.

As I got older, and my experiences with food started to expand, I realized that salt isn’t such a bad thing. When salt is added to most foods it enhances the flavor. Whoever started cooking with salt first was brilliant. When you cook with it, it melds with the food.  The salt seeps into the very essence of the food. It’s amazingly yummy. Flavors seem to ‘pop’.  You go from bland food to ‘BAM’ food. Flavors come alive, food no longer is just for sustaining, but it’s now enjoyable. What a difference!

When I was younger, reading God’s word was similar to my experience with food. Sometimes God’s word simply sustained me, keeping me going. The truth carries me from one minute to the next, one valley and summit through the next valley. And as He would plant my feet on solid ground my appetite increased.

His word and his promises become sonnets to the spirit within me.  I crave more. Eager and hungry for what God has for me.  I find myself no longer satisfied with mere survival.  With each morsel brings rejuvenation, nourishment and strength.

Treasury of David             Psalm 34:8

O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that puts his trust in him.

"O taste and see." You cannot see except by tasting for yourself; but if you taste you shall see, for your eyes will be enlightened.

"That the Lord is good." You can only know this really and personally by experience.

 "Blessed is the man that puts his trust in him." Faith is the soul's taste; they who test the Lord always find him good.