Something Different On The Menu Of Life

Some people are adventurous, some are not. Some people like variety others do not.  I'm somewhere in the middle.

While I don't like whitewater rafting, I do like bungee jumping. They both are done here, on the same river. While I have no desire to be in a boat on the river it seems to make perfect sense to hang upside down from a rope 60 feet above that same river.

While I don't live in the bush of Karamoja, I do live in Africa, a place I had never expected to end up when I was younger and unsaved.  But it seems fairly normal now.

When my friend Don brings over an empty tear gas canister that was used to disburse the crowd on the street below his apartment (which had nothing to do with him personally with the exception of his wife having to hide in the bathroom to escape the gas)  I think, "Cool!"

Or when a friend passing through town wants to cook a lizard, "No problem."

So it came as no surprise last night when Ben came out with a plate of roasted meat and said "Bev, wants you to try this before it gets cold."   It looked really good and tasted good too.  Mystery meat! This was not our usual Monday night burger!

What was it?  Think of the song "Hakuna Matata" without the bigger animal. Poomba has come for supper. Yup, BEV'S newest favorite fast food restaurant is "Wartaburger!"

The Christian life is this way.

Putting all the foolishness aside, or more accurately putting it on, "For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe." (I Corinthians 1:21 NKJV)

You never know what is going to be on the menu of life each day. As Jesus told Nicodemus "The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” (John 3:8 NKJV)  Following Jesus, being led by the Holy Spirit is the best and greatest adventure you can have. Everyday is different even when it seems the same. There are always people to love, people share your faith with.

Challenges can seem harrowing but whether you are on the rapids with the whitewater towering over your head or in a storm on the lake, Jesus is in the boat. Even hanging upside down over the river holding on to the seemingly thin rope of faith we live the adventure of following Jesus.

Sometimes you don't know what the main course for dinner will be but I know it will be good. Jesus is just that way working all things for the good of those who love him and are called according to his purpose.  What will Jesus have in my life today? I wonder what's on the menu today? I don't know but I'm sure it will be deliciously exciting.