Comfort Food

Last night I met with some friends for a Ladies Bible Study at a local coffee company. Every week we order something to sip on while we dive into God's Word.  This week I ordered a large Pom-a-Mango Smoothie.

A little while later, I took a long sip...enjoying the taste....taking note of where it might be in my body; my tummy.  I wondered how I would feel...what nutrients were in there....or if it were all sugar.  The semi full feeling never really registered all the other times I've ordered a treat there.  I was so involved in everything else; discussion, people passing through, orders being taken from other customers, dishes being moved about, wooden chairs sliding across the tile floor.  I really wasn't paying attention all the time. But this time the hunger pains were forced to leave, my worries were forgotten and my body was given energy.

You may be wondering where I'm going with this.  There is a beautiful parallel here, because....

In the same way I go through life occupying my time with things that keep me busy.  All these things that I give my time to are so very valuable and important to me.  Yet, when I am taking time out of my day to feast, or just sip on God's word...it's a filling....it's satisfying me in ways nothing else compares. 

Just as I need to eat to fuel my body to keep going to complete the tasks required of the day.....I also need these meals to sustain me and empower me for whatever God leads me through.  I don't know what lies ahead...I just know that I will need fuel for the Journey; comfort food to carry me through my crossings.