Wisdom has built her house, She has hewn out her seven pillars;
she has prepared her food, she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table….
(NASB)
What do you want for
dinner tonight? Preparing food takes some planning. Ya gotta know what to
fix---and if you are trying to please other people, like I always do, then it
may even take some negotiating. I like planning at least a week of meals, then
making a shopping list…then shopping and coming home and getting right at
fixing a few things. But that rarely happens. I’ll look in the fridge and
think…hmmm, “what shall we have for dinner tonight?” “Hey, Honey, what do you
want for dinner tonight?” There are always options, but those may not be what we
prefer to eat. With seven days a week, three meals a day, that is twenty-one
meals a week to “plan.”
Wisdom prepares her
house with seven pillars, which is an ideally constructed house, well planned.
Most of our houses don’t have seven pillars, not even two pillars, unless they
are forming an entry to the front door. Seven is a perfect number in the Bible
indicating completion and is used 287 times in the Old and New Testaments. In
Hebrew the word seven means to be full or satisfied. Yes. That is what we all
strive for, to be satisfied. A heart and soul that are at peace and a full
stomach. Wisdom plans her home and her meals. Wisdom is always prepared for any
emergency, drop-in guests, and daily events. Body, soul and spirit. How do you
prepare for each of those? Food for your body, twenty-one times a week, plus
snacks. Food for your soul, giving you food for thought and guidance through
your day, all your waking hours, which would normally be about sixteen hours a
day. That inspirational “mind food” might be in the form of music, books, television,
newspapers, or just quiet time. Food for your spirit, twenty-four hours a day, could
from scripture and other religious writings, even this blog.
We continually need to
be fed physically, mentally and spiritually. What is on your plate today?
Lord, give us this day our daily bread. Fill us with your wisdom,
help us to be prepared to serve others and you by having strong bodies, minds
and spirits.
©
2012 by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.
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