The Taste


Dateline:
Ottawa, Canada

Tuesday - June 9.


We had gone all day long with little to eat.

A busy day with funeral wrap up.
An emotional day.
Long and deep conversations.
A day of transition.

9pm
I was hungry.

(This is special for me - after having no appetite for months several years ago - an appetite signals that lots of me is very well. Ah yes, control the intake....but do give thanks for your appetite.:))

"Where shall we go at this time of day?"

I put in for a trip to the Swiss Chalet.

Let me explain.

Chicken broasted and sold in quarters and halves....front and back.
French fries made out of real potatoes, salted almost sinfully.
And a fresh baked roll for....

....the best thing - the unique Chalet dipping...sauce...
...the hot,
slightly spicy
and delirously good sauce.

It comes in a little dish with each meal.

It makes each of the specialty items just that much better.

And I ordered up three little dishes of the stuff!

Hungry...and anticipating the taste.

Sauce dish #1 - went on the fries....all over....is the word slathered?
Sauce dish #2 - went on the chicken....all over.
Sauce dish #3 - well, that was for the roll, and just in case more was needed...all over.

Did I hear someone say, "Have some food with your sauce?!" :)

Ah....only in that part of the continent...the Swiss Chalet.

It was the taste that drew us there so late in the day
...and back the next day too.
....and next time we are in town?......:)


And it is taste
....among other things
....that draws me back again and again
.....to God.

Not ever bitter - but always good.
Not ever sour - but always delightful.
Not ever poisonous - but always life-giving.
Hot with potential and surprise.
With "sides" of joy and more.


"Open your mouth and taste,
open your eyes and see -
how good God is.
Blessed are those who run to Him."

Psalm 34:8 - The Message


May our lives today be permeated
by the taste of goodness and God.


Selah.

David