Sourdough

 

My daughter-in-law makes great sourdough bread.  One of the reasons that I like her bread is the rough texture, which holds extra dribbles of honey.  On ordinary smooth store-bought-bread, the honey runs off.  But the sourdough pockets hold extra heavenly sweets.  But sourdough comes with a hazard: if I slice the sourdough bread too thin, the pockets become holes and that sweet honey runs out of the bottom … and onto my beard.  And if you’ve ever tried to get honey out of a beard, well, just take my word for it, it’s hard.  Reminds me of Psalm 133:2 written by King David: “It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments.”  So, what is the antecedent of “it” at the beginning of the verse?  Brothers living in unity (found in verse 1).  Hey, get along with one another today, and God will be pleased.  And eat sourdough bread with honey and you will be pleased.

Detective

 

I came home the other day and had to smile at the dishes drying corner of my countertop.  If you were a detective, what would you say that I had been making?  Every day, we investigate our progress just like detectives.  Hey, are you closer to the dear Lord today than you were yesterday?  What evidence do you have to prove it?  Or would the prosecuting attorney have more evidence against you?  James 4:8&10, “Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you … Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.”

Bottle Cap

 

Tuesday afternoon, I unscrewed the lid on my A&W root beer bottle (zero calorie, mind you) but fumbled it and it fell to the kitchen floor.  I followed the trajectory with my eyes unable to catch it before it hit the floor.  I was hoping it would land upside down so the side that touched the bottle would not land on the floor.  Unfortunately, it landed the wrong way.  But I was saved: my friend Marleen had cleaned my floor Monday, and I had left Monday afternoon to go to Knoxville to speak in chapel on Tuesday.  I got back that afternoon, warmed up supper, and dropped the cap … onto a clean floor.   What a blessing!  Hey, it’s one thing to have a clean floor, but it’s quite another thing to have a clean heart.  Fabuloso works on floors, but only the precious blood of Jesus Christ will work on sins.  David said in Psalm 51:10, “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.”