Corona Devo 1637

Have you ever heard the saying about someone having money that was "burning a hole in their pocket"...and so they spent it?

I'm the same way, but with food.  If we have leftovers in the refrigerator for a day or two, then I just feel compelled to serve them or reinvent them so that they won't go to waste.  In a sense, food "burns a hole in my refrigerator", until we eat it or serve it.  

So this morning when I saw some leftover cheese tortellini, cooked bratwursts, and a bag full of corn kernels that we had cut off of the cob the other night...something had to be done, or rather, made.

I decided to make soup. I find that chicken broth can connect almost any items into delicious harmony, and true-to-form, it melded my (leftover) items together really well.   

I added a little cream to thicken things, and so with an embarrassing small amount of work, we had quite a tasty soup, and quite a vat of it.  I wasn't quite sure who I thought I might be feeding, but the leftovers were no longer sitting on my fridge shelves and I now filled their spot by tucking a big pot of invented soup into the refrigerator. 

When I spoke with my husband a bit later, he let me know that we were heading to his mom's house for supper, and guess what was on the menu?  My soup!

That morning, they were separate leftovers sitting in the fridge, but that evening they were a delicious warm bowl of soup.  The soup was conversation and comfort and kindred, all gathered and served around the dining room table.  The soup was laughter and some tears and memories and a bowl of it's-going-to-be-okay.  It was nothing special coming together to make something special.

God does that.  If we bring him what we have (even our leftovers), He takes care of melding them into something more, something filling and delicious.    

Once there were a lot of people (about five thousand men, besides women and children) gathered in a remote place to hear Jesus speak..to witness His presence...and to soak in His Spirit.  They came and stayed for Jesus, but along the way and throughout the day...they got hungry.

The disciples were Jesus's right hand men but they were at a loss as to what to do with a starving crowd in the middle of nowhere.  But Jesus knew what to do. 

As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”  

(16) Jesus replied, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.”  

(17) “We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.  

(18) “Bring them here to me,” he said. (19) And he directed the people to sit down on the grass.

Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. 

(20) They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. (21) The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children. ~Matthew 14:15-21

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What do we have going on today?

Is there something "burning a hole" in our pocket/fridge/calendar/heart?  

Let the Lord put it together in a new way.  God can connect any items that we lay before Him into delicious harmony, if we will allow Him to be at the center and in command of us and our lives.  We will be amazed at what He can create out of nothing.  

God does that.  If we bring him what we have (even our leftovers), He takes care of melding them into something more, something filling and delicious.  

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.  ~John 10:10

Blessings,

sarah

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