John

The gospel of John is so good.

I was reading chapters 7-8 and it struck me how Jesus kept proving to them over and over that he was the Son of God and the people didn’t get it. However, I realized that there is a small verse that is crucial in understanding why. 7:39 tells us that the Holy Spirit was not with them. Not only did the Jews not have the full story, they also didn’t have the spirit dwelling in them that we as believers do! I don’t think we appreciate enough the fact that God dwells in those who believe in him. We sometimes are tempted to think we would be better off back in the day when we could physically see and touch Jesus, but the Pharisees had Jesus standing right smack in front of them! Without the Spirit to guide them as He guides us, they were just as lost as you or I would have been. Jesus later told His disciples that He HAD to go so that the Helper (meaning the Spirit) could come, meaning it would be better for them! And rightly so. Even though I would love to go back in time to meet Jesus here on earth, I already have a relationship with Him through the Holy Spirit and a full picture of God’s plan through His word in the Bible, I wouldn’t trade that for anything. I don’t have to be guessing as the Pharisees did, “could this be the Son of God?” I know He is. Do you?

"...Jesus stood up and cried out, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the scripture has said, 'Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water'" Now He said this of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were about to receive..." John 7:37-39

I was only mostly dead

Hello. It's been exactly a year minus 7 days since I last posted. Shall we call it fate? Or perhaps sovereignty is a better term. Either way, seems significant enough to start up again. I know I should wait 7 days, make it an even year, then pretend like it's been exactly a year. I'm sure that would be more entertaining, but sorry, I'm not cool like that. I tried to be cool last year. I tried the whole "I'm gonna be cool without seeming like I want to be cool" thing. Not a hipster...basically just an uncool chick doing things I thought were cool, which ended up being nerdy most of the time, or cheesy. Cheesy, corny, whatever yellow food you want to call it, that's me.

So why start up again? Better yet, why did I stop in the first place? Honestly. Laziness. Sheer Laziness. I ate food without taking pictures, then when I did eat something exciting or go somewhere interesting what would I do about it? Go home and watch Youtube. Yep. I love all this honesty I'm starting out with, it can only go up hill from here right?

So, we begin again. I don't know if anyone will read this, I don't mind if they don't. I'm doing this mostly to keep myself accountable. Wait... Accountability? On what kind of food you eat? Well, no (also, when did I start having conversations with myself?). I'll still be sharing the amazing creation we call food, however I will also be sharing what I like to call "soul food." While most people like to think of soul food as grandma's incredibly unhealthy but delicious fried chicken, I mean actual soul food. The food the Bible brings us, the food we need to keep our spiritual lives and relationship with Christ alive.

I've been convicted lately of how our lives our meant to glorify God. And that's it ALL we were meant for. Now with that come all the wonderful things God has put on this earth for us to enjoy, yet if we aren't glorifying Him with all we think say and do, we're doing it wrong. So I hope to encourage myself and anyone else reading with good food for the soul and good food for the body, because we need both to live fully.