Cooking Risotto is like our Relationship with the LORD?

Great question? Or just me spending too much time thinking about things that are way to deeo? In the next two or three days I will post my recipe for Risotto ... and while I am preparing to write this recipe down and taking the pics for this post ... I am thinking about my relationship with the LORD. In order to make a great Risotto you have to be patient and work the flavors into the rice as you cook it. This takes a lot of time and heat. The heat and the moisture make the rice absorb the liquid that surrounds the rice. If you heat the rice up too hot then it will not absorb the liquid because the liquid will evaporate. If you keep the temperature too low then the rice will not absorb any liquid at all and the rice will not cook.

The LORD keeps us over the heat just enough so that we absorb the lesson he is trying to teach us ... he does not turn up the heat too much so we do not burn ... he knows just how high we can handle the heat ... sometimes we are a bit "thick-headed" and the LORD pulls us off the heat until we are ready to learn his lessons. Funny thing is while we are sitting off the stove just waiting for the LORD to deal with us ... we think this is where we are supposed to be ... we think that this is successful for us ... no stress ... no issues ... no challenges ... but when the LORD puts us back over the flame that is when we absorb the "flavors" of life and learn the lessons that the LORD has in mind for us.

So think about it this week ... does the LORD have you over the heat now? Are you ready to absorb the flavors of life? What lesson is he trying to teach you? We will talk Risotto later this week ...

Ciao,
Mark