Over our fifty-plus years...
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Over our fifty-plus years of marriage, my wife has prepared many great meals. She's
attentive to cooking details and carefully makes tender morsels from many types of
dishes. Her chicken casseroles, shepherd pies, and enchiladas are especially savory. She's
prepared very few meals over the years that I didn't enjoy.
Suppose that I call her some afternoon when I've been away from the house for a while. She tells me about the dinner she's preparing and the plans to serve my favorite casserole. Knowing her, there might also be two kinds of salad (that I love), other vegetables, the main course, and then some chocolate silk dessert.
After she tells me about the menu, what if I then anxiously remind her, "Don't forget to have salt and pepper on the table"? Silly, isn't it? That's exactly what it's like when we doubt God's care after he has sacrificed Jesus for us.
He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave himself up for all of us -- will he give us everything else through this Son?
Suppose that I call her some afternoon when I've been away from the house for a while. She tells me about the dinner she's preparing and the plans to serve my favorite casserole. Knowing her, there might also be two kinds of salad (that I love), other vegetables, the main course, and then some chocolate silk dessert.
After she tells me about the menu, what if I then anxiously remind her, "Don't forget to have salt and pepper on the table"? Silly, isn't it? That's exactly what it's like when we doubt God's care after he has sacrificed Jesus for us.
He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave himself up for all of us -- will he give us everything else through this Son?
