My weekly weigh-in resulted in, get this…exactly a two pound, one ounce loss. I had to laugh as that was the precise amount of my gain last week. Does God have a sense of humor or what? So another round of “around the scale” yo-yo time!
This week’s nugget came from a gourmet cooking moment with my crock pot! My friend, Jamie, sent me her Crock Pot Chili recipe. I love chili and I love my crock pot but it never dawned on me to combine the two! And so I did…
There’s just something about my crock pot that makes me feel like…okay, I’ll confess it – a gourmet chef! My anticipation is awakened as I know flavors are combining, tantalizing aromas are filling the air, a variety of textures meshing together, gently simmering, all because I turned a nob on and let all the stuff sit for hours on end! The final masterpiece rewards me with a feast unlike any other (truly, because with me at the driver’s wheel of the crock pot, there consistently a new experience waiting!). But again, as always, after the build up to the big “event”, came the clean up.
Yup, the clean up with a crock pot requires good ol’ elbow grease. So much that I straight away recalled why it took me so long to take it out again…the mandated elbow grease!
Instead of going for spick and span that night (I just hate waking to dishes in the sink!), I let my crock pot soak overnight. I awoke to marvel in the contrasted ease…some elbow grease, but nothing crazy like a Richard Simmons workout video!
Right there, as my hands continued to chap in the sudsy, semi chili-i-fied water, God revealed my weekly nugget. My crock pot and I have a lot in common!
Know what it took to get my crock pot cleaned up?
SOAKING IN THE WATER, WORK, TIME AND PATIENCE!
Me too. The weight of my numerous past overindulged gourmet moments, that smelled and tasted so delightful, well, they stuck on me, real good. Know what it is taking for me to arrive at my God directed goal weight? (One guess….look at the obnoxiously large letters above that are just screaming at you!)
SOAKING IN THE WATER, WORK, TIME AND PATIENCE!
I believe work, time and patience are self explained. But there’s a “catch” to water. Physical water is essential to this journey, but it is the spiritual water that is most important. In John 4:14, Jesus invited people to drink of the water of life. I need to continually drink in The Water, the Lord, for fellowship, perspective, reality check, love, encouragement, praise. He is THE water. I need to continue to soak in The Water, for that is where life is!
Jesus said, “Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again and again. Anyone who drinks the water I give will never thirst—not ever. The water I give will be an artesian spring within, gushing fountains of endless life.” John 4:14 (The Message)
How’s your Water intake today?
This is confirmation for me. Recently, I received prayer for physical healing.
The female praying said she was compelled to me to say water–God was showing her an image of water. Immediately, I knew it meant the Living Water. And, I am studying this book, God’s Path through your trials–the scripture resonating in my heart, “let patience have it’s perfect work that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.” James 1:4. So, again, thank you. This spoke to me, God’s spirit communicated to me through your reflection–I am visually inclined and this makes it ease-y. And, the dishes, well, God revealed to me that doing the dishes in the morning is an act of worship. I left a pan with egg this morning because of the elbow issue!! Yes, it is easier to do when it is soaked!!! What a visual! Love, Kathy