Came home to an empty house, hungry as hell. Grabbed a plate and checked the nearest pot on the stove. A plain beef broth (read: pieces of beef boiling in water). Yummy. I'll tell you right now, I once fasted for seven days and I lost a lot of reservations I had about food. Anyway, I was too hungry to care. I shoveled it in like a man on death row. After I had my fill, the family came home and asked if I ate the sinigang (my favorite dish) and I of course repeated for emphasis, "Sinigang? I only found the beef!" And, of course, I run to the kitchen to find a small pot on the stove, sitting right beside the first pot. I braced myself for inevitability and looked inside the small pot. A succulent sinigang soup was staring innocently back at me. If the small pot could talk, it would have pointed out that I was satisfied too easily, and that if I had taken the extra effort to look for something better, I would have found it.
I would have glared menacingly back at the small pot to grudgingly agree.
Don't we all feel satisfied too easily? A paycheck, a significant other, cigarettes, alchohol... the list goes on. The satisfaction ends, and we feel like we could have had something more...
Yes, I either 1)think too much, 2)have an overly active imagination, 3)hallucinated from hunger, or 4)received a bona fide lesson from God. As a Royal Priest, I pick... all of the above. After all, God spoke through a burning bush once, you know. Have a nice day!
Greetings
Royal Priests are everywhere. Any believer of Jesus the Christ our Lord and Savior is called to priesthood. Any heart that is restless and breaks free in small bursts of grace, any soul that persists under pressure, any mind that ponders the vastness of the glory of God is a Royal Priest.
Not to take too much of the spotlight, but this blog is my part in the story, indeed The Greatest Story Ever Written - the story of God and mankind. Though the holy fire has been doused somewhat with my reunion with the world, the embers are here - with the hope that you, dear reader, might have enough to light your way. Remember, Our Lord is always with us...even in everyday moments. Nothing is so "real" that it loses its spiritual side. If you need anything, know that His Door is always open and His Light is always on. May God bless you always, my friend.
Answer the call, and begin the adventure of your life.
Royal References & Recommendations
- Websites - Godsblogs.org, Godspeaks.com, Desiringgod.org, Multnomahbooks.com
- Music - Jars of Clay, DC Talk, The Fighting Temptations OST, Don Moen, Ron Kenoly, Hillsong
- Movies - The Passion of the Christ, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Barabbas, The Ten Commandments, The Gospel of John, The Prince of Egypt, Joseph: King of Dreams
- Books - Experiencing The Heart of Jesus Books 1 & 2 by Max Lucado, The Pleasures of God by John Piper, The Purpose-Driven Life by Rick Warren, God's Blogs by Lanny Donoho, Gods of Power by David M. Steyne
