I'm in a rut............
Why is it that I fix the same meals all the time?
Typical conversation at our home:
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Why is it that I fix the same meals all the time?
Typical conversation at our home:
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"Honey, what would you like for supper?"
"Oh, I don't know. What do you want?"
"I don't know. We have leftover meatloaf, enough chicken salad to make a couple of sandwiches. There's a couple of pieces of chicken or I could open a can of soup and fix a couple of PBJ's."
"I don't care. Just fix whatever you want and I'll eat it."
Now, I have enough cookbooks to reach the ceiling if they were stacked. I have my mother's cookbooks; cookbooks my friends have given me as gifts; cookbooks I have bought for the last 50+ years and a drawer full of 8x10 sheets of paper with recipes I have copied from the web, plus index cards in a little tin box of my mothers, with tried and true recipes she used over the years. But, I find myself fixing the same meal week after week.
I'm in a rut...........
Oh, I go to the grocery store and come home with the same things, put them up and wonder what we are going to eat.
Do I fix the same meals because then I don't have to think about fixing something new and whether my husband is going to like it? Is it just easier to not have to use a recipe? Do I fix the same thing because I know we are going to eat it?
Or am I in a rut?
Sometimes, our spiritual lives get in a rut. Our bible reading becomes a habit; pick up the bible, flip it open, read a few verses, close the bible and head out for a busy day. Or, maybe not pick it up at all........
Church becomes a rut.........
We get up on Sunday mornings, shower, dress and off we go with a smile on our faces. We go to the same church; park in the same place; set in the same pew; sing the same songs; greet others who have come today; put our offering in the passing plate; listen to the sermon; bow our heads for dismissal prayer; head for our vehicles and rush to the restaurant or hurry home, hoping the roast hasn't burned.
Our spiritual lives should be "rut proof". We should be so in love with our Lord that we can't wait to see what He has for us when we open His Word each day. We should be thankful that we have a church where we can hear His word preached and fellowship with fellow believers. We should welcome the chance to share our faith with those we see everyday.
"Great is his faithfulness; his loving-kindness begins afresh each day." Lamentations 3:21B (TLB)
"Oh, I don't know. What do you want?"
"I don't know. We have leftover meatloaf, enough chicken salad to make a couple of sandwiches. There's a couple of pieces of chicken or I could open a can of soup and fix a couple of PBJ's."
"I don't care. Just fix whatever you want and I'll eat it."
Now, I have enough cookbooks to reach the ceiling if they were stacked. I have my mother's cookbooks; cookbooks my friends have given me as gifts; cookbooks I have bought for the last 50+ years and a drawer full of 8x10 sheets of paper with recipes I have copied from the web, plus index cards in a little tin box of my mothers, with tried and true recipes she used over the years. But, I find myself fixing the same meal week after week.
I'm in a rut...........
Oh, I go to the grocery store and come home with the same things, put them up and wonder what we are going to eat.
Do I fix the same meals because then I don't have to think about fixing something new and whether my husband is going to like it? Is it just easier to not have to use a recipe? Do I fix the same thing because I know we are going to eat it?
Or am I in a rut?
Sometimes, our spiritual lives get in a rut. Our bible reading becomes a habit; pick up the bible, flip it open, read a few verses, close the bible and head out for a busy day. Or, maybe not pick it up at all........
Church becomes a rut.........
We get up on Sunday mornings, shower, dress and off we go with a smile on our faces. We go to the same church; park in the same place; set in the same pew; sing the same songs; greet others who have come today; put our offering in the passing plate; listen to the sermon; bow our heads for dismissal prayer; head for our vehicles and rush to the restaurant or hurry home, hoping the roast hasn't burned.
Our spiritual lives should be "rut proof". We should be so in love with our Lord that we can't wait to see what He has for us when we open His Word each day. We should be thankful that we have a church where we can hear His word preached and fellowship with fellow believers. We should welcome the chance to share our faith with those we see everyday.
"Great is his faithfulness; his loving-kindness begins afresh each day." Lamentations 3:21B (TLB)
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