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Friday, February 24, 2006

Fast food Christians

Remember Hot and Now’s motto or saying? I want it Hot and I want it now! Church to some Christians is fast food. Some Christians don’t know how to feed themselves. They wait till Sunday comes, so you can feed them. Babies are that way. They want, what they want, when they want it. If they don’t like it, they’ll spit it out.
My Mom was the best cook. As I’m sure yours was and is. I remember hating to work in my families large garden. It was bigger than large, it was acres. When different things were in season like strawberries and raspberries, blue berries and cherries, my Mom would have me out there gathering. Nuts, Oh the nuts. She knew where the nut trees were. Black Walnuts, Butternuts, Hickory Nuts. I grew up knowing how to gather and preserve all these things. The rewards were not always instant or fast. Sometimes it took till winter set in just to realize the full extent of the rewards.
Homemade jellies and jams. strawberry shortcake in the winter. green beans, peas, tomatoes, cucumbers etc. I really miss my Mom. She knew how to make a feast.
The Word of God is the same way. I takes time and work and you have to learn how to preserve it in your life. Daily reading, daily digging, daily picking it’s fruit. Like you said, it tastes like honey. It’s a light to our path, we just have to open the book and turn it on. It will illuminate our lives and our families lives. I like to feast. See you at the table

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