Develope a Palate

Develope a Palate
Daily intake of the Word nourishes the Spirit. Jeremiah's Menu is an exercise in recognizing God's Word made flesh in and around me. Eating the Word in a way that supplies the spiritual nutrients needed to grow. The Menu is offered with the hope of inspiring you to taste and see that the Lord is good. Bon Appetite!

Quote Du Jour

Quote du Jour
Christians may differ on a variety of points, but they have all one spiritual appetite; and if we cannot all feel alike, we can all feed alike on the bread of life sent down from heaven. At the table of fellowship with Jesus we are one bread and one cup. As the loving cup goes round we pledge one another heartily therein. Get nearer to Jesus, and you will find yourself linked more and more in spirit to all who are like yourself, supported by the same heavenly manna. ---Charles Spurgeon, Morning and Evening

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

an unexpected altar

Have you ever noticed how often people in the Old Testament built altars? It seems like they were building them all over the place all the time. Why? Because we have a natural tendency to remember what we should forget and forget what we should remember. Altars help us remember what God doesn't want us to forget. They give us a place to go back to.
---Mark Batterson, Wild Goose Chase  (emphasis added)

I read these words... and realized... Jeremiah's Menu... is an altar of sorts...

It may seem weird... or self-centered... to tell you... but I return at times... to read what I have written... to be reminded... what God has taught... where He's shown up... encourage my faith...

Each day's post... evidence that He has something to say... to me... hopefully to you too...

Mark Batterson... he goes on to say...
I honestly wonder if our lives seem more routine than they really are simply because we don't have any altars dotting the landscape. I wonder if many of us feel spiritually lost because we don't have any milestones that help us find our way back to God. We need altars that renew our faith by reminding us of the faithfulness of God. And every once in a while, we need to go back to those sacred places to repent of our sin, renew our covenant with God, and celebrate what God has done. (emphasis added)
...altars dotting the landscape... those altars don't only remind those who raised them... they have the potential to open the spiritual eyes of others to the reality of God... to see evidence of Him at work... and perhaps... become more open to a work He wants to do in them...

These daily posts... additions to an unexpected altar... raised as evidence of God's faithfulness to make His Word flesh... and place them in a wilderness cyber-scape... in hopes that others might see... be encouraged... or get hungry enough... to taste... and see...

What altars have you raised...?
Jacob set up a stone pillar at the place 
where God had talked with him...
Jacob called the place 
where God had talked with him Bethel.
Genesis 35:14-15
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