There are few things as gratifying as bringing ingredients into the kitchen, and making them into delicious food for the family! I think that mothers/wives, or whoever has the wonderful job of cooking for a household, is entrusted with wonderful powers of love, which can bind a family together...
Hence the saying; "the way to a man's heart is through his stomach..."
And in order to be politic, I shall add that I also support the reverse!
I have always thought it, that food is not just about eating. It is a way of loving, those you make it for, or being loved by those who make it for you. Why is it that in every culture, the family sit down together for at least one meal a day? Because it is binding.
So this is what I have been thinking about today - the recipe for life; we use only the best ingredients, we stir and season each other lovingly - then we reap the reward of a delicious life together!
And then to pass the love on to our children, and, God willing, so on...
Shell xx
delicious looking soup dear friend... how I would like to be a fly on the wall in your house for a while; to see your loving, creative interactions. The recipe of life involves mystery too; mysterious meetings and chance offerings, mysterious workings of the Lord in the world and in our hearts... all we can do is embrace all that we have and look to the future with hope.
ReplyDeleteIt is all about the hope within us my dear friend, you are so true...
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