That was a damn good thought!

I love to read the blogs of family and friends - A good friend wrote about the power of food, particularly carefully prepared food.  The aromas, tastes, feelings, and sights of food transcend time and place:  Traditional Italian prepared in the small kitchen can still communicate a powerful love and bring people together, even though it may be removed from its original setting and time.  Beautiful!  Delicious, perhaps!

Food and fellowship are part of what makes this world such a beautiful place!  The sting of an onion in the nose, makes one cry (perhaps with emotion after all?), and love can be communicated by this relatively small vegetable.  When combined with a symphony of other flavors and smells, the result delivers a sweeping smile to my face.  Laughter ensues, eyes closed tightly with head tipped back.  Oh it is bliss.

Food and fellowship makes me happy, makes my heart glad, makes my soul sing.  Here is to many more delicious recipes!  Prost!

A THOUGHT ABOUT THAT "BRAT"

There's something Biblical about that spoiled brat --
Hear me out... A while back I watched the film "Fools Gold", and there is a character in this film who is a spoiled brat. My first reaction was exactly that, "What a spoiled brat!" A character who gets whatever she wants and is forced to spend some quality time with dear old daddy. He's got money alright, and loves to bless his daughter, but she takis it all for granted. At one point she says, "I don't want your money! Except for food... and clothes... and rent... and..."

It's like God's relationship with Israel in Jeremiah 2-4. Israel is a whore, always returning and returning again. God wants to bless his peole, but they take it for granted and search for more. Those spoiled brats...

God longs for His children to return to him! He's got a plan, in fact he had a plan far before you and me. What amazing grace to see beauty in my whorish acts!

Those are characteristics we love to hate too, eh? The whore? Funny, because from the throne room, God's got nothing but love for those characters.

AND THE BATTLE RAGES

I'm back, after a respite from this digital world.
Today I...
-thought about painting
-about ate moldy bread
-wore a new shirt
-appreciated art

Just a brief update, and a warning that more thoughts are on their way.
The imagination is endless, isn't it?