We celebrated Christmas two days early due to work schedules...so we had our Christmas dinner yesterday.....
We had appetizers which one daughter brought..various cheeses, crackers, meats, olives, puff pastries, etc....so good...she tries a lot of new recipes and researches various food...
Not bragging or anything ...but all of my children are great cooks....so it is fun to see their creativity and taste their wonderful cooking delights...they trade recipes, consult one another about foods, never afraid to try new things in whatever country they find themselves in, .....it is just plain amazing and fun to see them as adults, parents, citizens no matter what they are doing.... I love it
Growing up was the testing of my parenthood, the "appetizer" for the adult life they find themselves in now...the testing ground, the new recipe...now they are in the "real meal"....we were not the perfect parents by any means, but strived to give them a base from which to fly and discover on their own...and each are doing well, which is a huge blessing....
So, is this life here the appetizer of life to come...the "pre-feast" of the wedding feast to be experienced later??? We have choices to make...to choose Christ as our Saviour or not...to read His word or not,.... to be doers of the Word or not... To live uprightly or not....to give or not...to comfort or not....to be content or not ....and so many others....all much more important than what I choose the taste from the appetizer plate on Christmas...
Thank YOU for the appetizers of life...bringing to mind the choices I need to make daily...and how they affect my life and maybe those around me...YOU are the true Bread of life...not just bits and small portions,,,but abundance...
Genesis 18:3-8 He said, “If I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, do not pass your servant by. Let a little water be brought, and then you may all wash your feet and rest under this tree. Let me get you something to eat, so you can be refreshed and then go on your way—now that you have come to your servant.”“Very well,” they answered, “do as you say.” So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah. “Quick,” he said, “get three seahs of the finest flour and knead it and bake some bread.” Then he ran to the herd and selected a choice, tender calf and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it. He then brought some curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and set these before them. While they ate, he stood near them under a tree.
John 12:2 Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him.
1 Chronicles 12:39-40 The men spent three days there with David, eating and drinking, for their families had supplied provisions for them. Also, their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules and oxen. There were plentiful supplies of flour, fig cakes, raisin cakes, wine, olive oil, cattle and sheep, for there was joy in Israel.
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