Comfort Foods
Often these days, when I don't know what to make for dinner and don't even know what I want to eat, I've been turning to the old mac'n'cheese - from a box.
Growing up, I had never heard of Kraft mac and cheese - or any other boxed mac and cheese for that matter. When I first tasted it I was in my mid-teens at a babysitting job. Kraft M&C was on the menu for dinner and I ate with the kids. I was
not impressed.
To tell the truth I still don't like it...which is why I add all sorts of things to make it really yummy!
Last night I added sauteed mushrooms and of course the required extra cheese. This time instead of adding the usual sharp cheddar, I tried adding pepperjack. Wow! It was fabulous! Definitely my kind of comfort food! :)
Other times I have added chopped fresh parsley with or without mushrooms. But always I add an extra 3/4 - 1 cup of shredded cheese. Usually sharp cheddar.
It always hits the spot!
Labels: food
Render to Caesar...Render to God
Mark 12:17
"And Jesus answered and said to them, 'Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.' And they marveled at Him."
A familiar text. And one that I always smiled and thought: 'Way to go Jesus! You got them again.' - and went on to the next verse.
This past Sunday my pastor preached on this passage and opened it up in a way I had never considered. The coin that they brought to show Jesus as He asked, the denarius, was pressed on one side the picture of Caesar and the inscription under identified him as the "son of the divine". Jesus asks who's picture is on it, and given the response "Caesar's" Jesus tells them to render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's
and to God the things that are God's.What does God have to do with Roman taxes paid to Caesar? Why did Jesus include that last phrase?
In Genesis, man was made in God's image. (Gen 1:26-27) His image is pressed into us.
We are like the coins - except we have God's image pressed into us not Caesar's.
Jesus is telling us to render ourselves to God...
Because we are His. Bought with the blood of Christ.
Labels: Faith
