Tasty, Healthy, Or Both

I have a rule of thumb when I eat. Whatever it is, it had better be tasty, healthy... or both. For obvious reasons. Why would I want to eat something that is neither tasty nor healthy??

So this is hardly startling wisdom. But it gets me out of trouble when someone serves me something that is healthy, but not so tasty. I mention my rule of thumb, note that the food is healthy, and thank them for it.

And I mean it!

What struck me the other day, however, is that this kind of thinking has its applications in life. I say that because God too, in his sovereignty, serves up a daily smorgasbord of experiences. What shall I say of them?

No surprise, I definitely prefer the tasty situations. But as is the case with food, so with experience. In moderation God blesses pleasant experiences — however desserts should not overwhelm the plate.

What I need a lot more of in life, is those healthy experiences - the ones that don't taste good automatically. The ones we'd prefer not to eat.

The veggies.

Fact: I'm not in the habit of thanking God for the "veggies" in my day. Thankfully, God doesn't give it to my complaints. In his wisdom God keeps sending them my way each day.

How sad, though, that I know to thank people for sugar-free veggies but I don't know to thank God for the spiritual equivalent?

This pilgrim needs to acquire a taste for the trials and tribulations that are good for my soul. What is truly healthy can and should become tasty.

And when that happens, I will give God, my good chef, his proper due.