the menu

everyday about this time, i try to figure out what i want for lunch. even if i am sitting in a restaurant looking at a menu, i try to figure out how to take the combination of ingredients that they offer and put them together in a way that is appealing to me. my friend says that every restaurant should just have something called "the tara"--the meal that i have already created from their current offerings. they should.  but i am willing to offer that i should have had to order it at least 3 times before they do that.

it's kind of an overindulgent and over blessed problem, i realize and i certainly feel a little petty complaining about my super taster taste buds, but they do complicate my life. pepper is a little too much for me. i like my life far more spicy than my food. i have tried and it's just too much for me (the food).

i spent this morning reading from the book of acts. this sunday i am preaching the cornelius story--talking about how kingdom of heaven makes us more open, but reading about peter's vision as he prayed made me long for food.... a large blanket filled with forbidden foods.... bacon wrapped anything (no shrimp mentioned)... delish. which made me wonder what am i having for lunch?

i am tempted to try something new... maybe, live a little bit more like peter. step outside of what i am comfortable with and taste and see that the Lord is good. we will see. i need to put my hands and eyes on the menu before i can decide that. but i am willing to try. if i am going to encourage the people that i lead to open themselves us to flavors of life metaphorically, then i should be willing to do it literally...