I haven’t written a post in awhile— at least not one substantial, but several topics have been on my mind these past two weeks. After talking to a friend last night, I thought I would share some food for thought. 

On garnish and spice. Not going to lie, I find myself using Him as my garnish more than my spice these days. I’ll have those moments where I long for Him but end up being satisfied with just a moment of His presence, just a whisper of a word, or just a glimpse of grace. In cooking, garnish is good for purposes of presentation and adds the needed twist to top off a dish but spice… spice makes up the essence of the dish. 

On generosity. The last time I went home, my brother was commenting about how he was saving up money. I asked him what he was saving up for and he replied saying that he wanted to take me out for a fancy meal on my birthday. I felt so loved… not because he was planning to treat me to something fancy, but because in his meager finances, he thought of me. The widow’s two mites. It’s funny because the older I get, the more I start to see how you can never gauge generosity based on the value of the gift given. There is always a larger context and because of it, I often find myself admiring those with little who live humbly to give much. I already caught myself twice in the past two weeks where I did a double take before I gave (time or money). I want to be like the widow. 

On Uzzah. 1 Chronicles 13. Listened to a message recently on why good intentions are not good enough and it has kept me on my toes. True, He does honor intentions… but He values obedience. The belief that good intentions are sufficient cheapens grace, which cheapens the Blood. 

On mercy. While having pillow talk with my apartment-mate last night, I came to the realization that by the end of our lifetime, we will have so many mercies accumulated that we will probably only remember less than 1x10^(-10000)% of them. I love that the Word explicitly says we receive new mercies every morning and that we don’t have to live off the old.