Let Us Give Our Best
Dear
Friends,
The other day I happened to be in
the kitchen with my wife when she was cleaning out the refrigerator. I do not usually take part in this event but
I stood next to her giving her moral support (and an occasional guiding word of
advice). Doing her best to ignore me,
she methodically went about her task.
As plastic containers were opened,
sniffed and identified as edible contents, I noticed she was throwing out a few
egg yolks. I asked, “Why?” and she
informed me that they had blood specks in them.
I said, “So, why does that make a difference? You mix them up and fry
them anyway!”
She responded that when she had
grown up on the farm her grandma always told her that is what you did with
blood specks in the eggs.
Well, I wanted to find out if that
was true or not (not doubting my wife, of course!) Wanting to find out the origin of that
kitchen wisdom, I went to my trusty computer and Googled “eggs”.
What I found was a wealth of
information. I basically learned that
the blemishes that I was referring to came from fertilized eggs and basically
you could eat them if you wanted but if they were sold they would be a grade B
egg.
Triumphantly going back to the
kitchen, I proceeded to tell my wife that it really didn’t make a difference or
not if you ate eggs with blood specks in them.
Her response was less than I had
anticipated. She turned back to me and
proceeded to throw another egg yolk away and said, “That is nice honey!”
Later that day, I was doing my
devotions which included verses from Jude 24 & 25. “Now to him who is able
to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence
of his glory…”
What struck me in this scripture is
how the word blemish is referred to.
It made me realize that my wife was
throwing those eggs away because she wanted the best for her family – an egg
yolk without blemish!
I was further reminded that God gave
us his Son, Jesus Christ so that we could be introduced to our Heavenly Father
without blemish! Christ had given his
life and taken our blemishes, our sins and made us presentable before God.
As we enter this Thanksgiving season,
may our giving represent our appreciation for all that God has done for us.
Let us give Him our best!
It is a time to give back. It is a time to teach our children and
children’s children that we give our best, without blemish or excuse to our
Heavenly Father.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Pastor
Wayne
