Loving People

On my way home from work tonight I saw a bumper sticker that made me smile.

Love people.

Cook them yummy food

I've been thinking a lot about life and what's important to me, what I enjoy.  I love to cook for my family and friends.  I love making food and the act of sitting down with family and friends to enjoy a meal together.  It warms my heart to cook for people and see the smile of pure contentment when they take that first bite.   What thrills me even more is when I can make something so wholesome and healthy, but no one has to know because it tastes so good.  When I know Matt is having a hard day, my way of loving him is to make him a yummy treat.  Maybe cooking is my way of loving people?

However, cooking for others also scares me.  What if I make something they don't like?  What if my recipe flops?  I've made many of those...Most recently I opened the wrong side of the salt and dumped over a tablespoon of salt in our soup.  I tried to get a lot of it out, but all you could taste was the salt.  Yuck!...  I always worry when I make something to give to people.  I worry that my gift of food will be more a burden than a joy.  I worry that people will see my gift as prideful and so often I shy away from sharing and in my own way, shy away from loving the people God has placed in my life.  So it is my prayer that God's love and heart for the people in my life would over take my insecurities and shyness and that I would love all the people God has put in my life and cook yummy food to share.  So don't be surprised if you get a dinner invite or some yummy cookies sometime soon :-)  Also, keep checking back as I've been brainstorming, cooking, and taking pics of some yummy recipes I want to share with you on here.