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

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

feeding babes...

Feeding a spiritual baby... it's challenging... there are several in my life right now...

This vision... it comes to mind... feeding spiritual babes... looks just like feeding a baby... when it's time to move to solid food...

Feeding a newborn milk... is easy... it's what they crave... they suck eagerly... latch on... without effort... but moving to solid food... toward maturity.... that's when things get messy...


The spoon is loaded... sometimes the mouth opens wide... sometimes it clamps shut...

If you've ever fed a baby...you know that even if you get the food in... half of it squirts back out... when they close their mouth...

Then there are times... they don't like the taste...
food is spit...
thrown...
wiped off the tongue...

As a teacher... mentor... leader... mom... feeding an immature spirit... can be frustrating...

These spiritual babes... housed in big bodies... can deceive... make you expect more than they are able... to take in... understand... then comes the temptation... to throw up your hands... give up... walk away...

But it's important to remember... that with a baby... we don't stop feeding just because it's hard... we keep on... continually...  trying new foods... textures... meal after meal... because... if we stop... the baby will become malnourished... starved... and die...

So today... I choose to keep this reality in mind... as I prepare spiritual meals... for sixth graders... and others... who are hard to feed... those spiritual babes...

Lord... fill me with Your love... as I prepare... and serve... spiritual meals... to spiritual babes... I long for each to grow to maturity... to feed themselves Your Word... because they crave it... and value its deep nutritional content for their souls... and spirits... Fill me with JOY... to share... and serve... Your Word... remind me of the importance... of persistence... and patience... in feeding these babes... who belong... to You...

Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant,
is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness.
But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use
have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.
Hebrews 5:13-14

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