What you are viewing is not a turtle, not an ancient rock, but unbelievably, a success story.
Those of you have followed me over time, understand that a cook, I am NOT. Cream of green bean STEM soup was an underwhelming non-success. A story in my book, Ransom Notes, relates the tale of when I prepared a large salad for a church funeral, only to find out the funeral was at another church and the salad was to have been prepared by my housemate. Strike two.
My sausage-cheese ball appetizers for “guests fiasco”–strike three. Guests were about to arrive. Cheese balls were toasting in the oven. Out they come, and.. . well, you guessed or remembered the tale. I had twenty plus items like flour covered “golf balls.” Non-usable. Oh! Well. Everyone can be a gourmet chef. I should have taken them to the driving range for golf practice. Instead, I chopped them up and turned them into creamy gravy over delicious baked potatoes.
BUT, pictured above is a success story. Bread-homemade bread-crusty, homemade bread-a bread made from only four simple items plus the sprinkles on the top that look like bird seed. Undoubtedly, I will repeat this flour, water, yeast, and salt miracle – even when we have our next guests.
Bread is so important in the diet of most people. The Children of Israel were provided with manna (bread like food) for survival during their long walk in the desert on the way to the promised land.
Jesus, in John 6:25-59, talks about bread, and then declares in vs. 35, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry. . .” In verse 27, he cautions the audience that they should not worry about working “for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life. which the Son of Man will give you.”
Sometimes I wonder. Do I have my priorities lined up correctly? Am I more concerned about preparing a tasty dish of spoilable food for friends, than inviting them to eat of the Word of Life? Of course, we need food. Even the Children of Israel needed manna. But and that is a gigantic but, I must set my priorities in order. Bread of life comes before crusty bread.
Hum! Wonder if anyone will ever want to be invited to my house again for a meal?
Hang in there friends through these unusual days. I’m going to see if I can do two things at once – mix the flour and water while saying scriptures aloud, humming a favorite hymn, or thinking of new ways to share the Word of God with friends on my web site.
What about you?
Kathryn Ransom 