On the Grounds of That First Taste~

Greetings, dear people ~

1 Peter 2:1-3 So get rid of every kind of evil, every kind of deception, hypocrisy, jealousy, and every kind of slander. Desire God’s pure word as newborn babies desire milk. Then you will grow in your salvation. Certainly you have tasted that the Lord is good!

Decades ago when I first met Jorge he and I would go out to eat, and I would always order my steak well done. Hockey puck style. This, of course, was highly offensive to Jorge who was once labeled a protein pig, and rightly so, by a professor in a college nutrition class. The assignment was to submit everything you ate for a week and analyze the nutritional content. Jorge was proud of his massive meat consumption, and thus highly scandalized that I wasn't eating my steaks rare or medium rare.

Over and over again he would say, "Babe, trust me, you are eating that all wrong. You have to try it charred on the outside and pink in the middle. It will change your life."

He was so dramatic, almost offended that I wouldn't eat steak his way, until one day, I succumbed. And I will admit Jorge was right!

What a difference. The meat was melt-in-your-mouth soft, yet crunchy on the outside. I have never looked back, and on the grounds of that first taste, I long for more.

And when I met Jesus and discovered He loves me, gives me peace, fills me with joy and answers prayers and absolutely knows the best way for me to live my life and love my family--on the grounds of that first taste...I LONG FOR MORE...of HIM.

What is the motivation for purging the bad, reading the Bible, and growing up? Because I have already sampled for myself over and over and over again that God knows what He is doing. And I can not live without Him.

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Glory to Your name. We have all tasted Your goodness. We have all seen answers to prayers. Therefore, we do desire to get rid of evil and to get to know You better. In Jesus' name, AMEN~