I really enjoy fortune cookies, the cookies themselves are just the right sweetness and crunch....
When we went to China, I just automatically thought there would be fortune cookies with each Chinese meal we ate...but no...fortune cookies are an American thing...and even more, may have come from the Japanese, not the Chinese...
No matter where they came from, they are good...I like the little sayings which come in them...it is fun to sit around the table and share what each one says as the diners open theirs up...even though I don't believe in a piece of paper knowing what my future holds...it is definitely a conversation piece...and sometimes they actually fit the person who has picked that cookie...the ones which just give bits of a phrase...
I don't read horoscopes or have anything to do with them, just too creepy..how can a person write what will happen and have it ready for a newspaper that is published all over the United States ? That means everyone with that particular birthday would have the same thing happen on the same day...what robots we would be...
Deuteronomy 13 talks about having no other gods but God alone..and the consequences in the Old Testament times...it was a severe punishment ...not something to be taken lightly. And it still isn't in New Testament times...without belief in Christ who is God, there is not hope...and no hope means no hope of eternal life with the Creator of the universe...no hope....
That is beyond bleak, it is nothingness, or eternity without God...no hope...
So, while fortune cookies are great to eat, and fun to read..they offer not real hope...Only Christ can offer that..God alone knows our future, our story..our path...
Thank YOU, that You hold my days...
Wikipedia, "A fortune cookie is a crisp cookie usually made from flour, sugar, vanilla, and sesame seed oil with a piece of paper, a "fortune", on which is words of wisdom, an aphorism, or a vague prophecy. The message inside may also include a Chinese phrase with translation or a list of lucky numbers used by some as lottery numbers, some of which have become actual winning numbers.
Fortune cookies are often served as a dessert in Chinese restaurants in the United States and some other countries, but are absent in China. The exact origin of fortune cookies is unclear, though various immigrant groups in California claim to have popularized them in the early 20th century, basing their recipe on a traditional Japanese cracker. Fortune cookies have been summarized as being "introduced by the Japanese, popularized by the Chinese, but ultimately ... consumed by Americans."
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