[taste and see]

I've long held to the belief that food is about much more than simply meeting a basic need.
It's about more than simply filling our bellies.
Food is about hearing my loved ones
and them hearing me.

It's about carving out time,
coming 'round the table,
looking into one another's eyes.

I can easily throw a frozen pizza at them
(and sometimes---ok, often---I do).
But food is about putting my heart on a plate
and presenting it to those I hold dear;
giving them my very best.
It's about training little boys that
there are certain sounds we don't make at the dinner table.

Food is about nourishing souls
and making memories.
It's shared experiences,
shared laughter,
shared prayer.
It's about pointing to our Bread of Life, Jesus,
the only One who can truly fill and satisfy.

"Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! 

Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!"  

Psalm 34:8