When we lived overseas, Mexican restaurants were unfortunately absent. Not only was it not a favored cuisine, but all products of any association were non-existent. (Salsa, tortilla chips, guacamole!!) We had always enjoyed Mexican food, but because it was now unavailable, we craved it. We hoarded the few bags of Doritoes we could fit into our suitcases on return trips, relishing the broken crumbs that the travel had rendered them.
At the moment, Mexican food is not at the top of my food chain list, and my taste buds are rebelling in an underhanded mutiny! Yet every afternoon, a gift of thoughtful kindness is left on our doorstep. A new meal……different, appealing, delicious… is there to greet us when we arrive home. As rocky as the day might have been, these lovely welcoming dinners enthuse these taste buds back to life and it is a luxury of enjoyment! The benefit is intensified as planning and preparation were not necessary ingredients. ….and it is debatable who delights in each dish the most….Chip or I!
Psa 34:8 prompts us to “Taste and see that the LORD is good. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him!” That invitation is renewed each day; just like the enticing meal that waits as a welcome banner on our front porch. It becomes a merciful craving….not just to taste, but to ingest, to be filled, satisfied, and desire more of God’s deep joyful goodness. He does not leave us with the crumbs, but extends as a refuge the fullness of Himself.
Regardless of where Interferon treatments take me….now or in the following year, I am assured that the daily bread that sustains me will not vanish…..rather, we have a loving Father who promises not only to shelter us through famines of our souls, but to do “immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us.” I am tasting and seeing that throughout each day, and I am so grateful for the prayers that are sustaining such tastes of joy!
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