Better is a dish of vegetables where love is than a fattened ox
served with hatred. (NASB)
May is asparagus time of the year. Someone is out
in the fields early in the morning bending over with a sharp knife cutting
those asparagus spears one by one. Hard, back breaking work. Some farmers have
had to let their crops go because they just don’t have the workers to harvest
their crops. It is not the type of produce that everyone grows in
their garden, like tomatoes. It takes a year to grow the plants from seed, and then
the harvesting begins in the second year of growth. The asparagus crowns can
produce for 15 years, but it takes a lot of work, and love. Serve up my favorite spring vegetable,
roasted asparagus. I could make a meal of just that especially when eaten with
other people I love, who are also crazy about asparagus.
I’d rather eat just fresh seasonable vegetables
any day with family and friends than to eat a nice juicy steak with someone who
hates me, or whom I dislike. The tension never allows the food to digest
properly when you are eating a meal with someone with whom you are in conflict.
It may just sit in your stomach, churning. No digestion—no value to your body.
Love is a special thing. The Bible tells us in 1
John 4:16 that God is love. “We have come to know and have believed the love
which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in
God, and God abides in him.” When we love God, it is easier for us to love
others. I know. I was a harsh tongued and cruel person before I came to really know
God. God changed my heart and my life. He changed my tongue to speak “tasty”
words, encouraging to others rather than cutting them down. This is love. Serve
that up with some fresh seasonal vegetables.
Lord, help us to show
your love to others by the way we treat them. Give us tasty food to share with all
in love.
Roasted asparagus
2 pounds asparagusOlive oil
Course ground salt
Fresh ground pepper
Thoroughly wash
asparagus and break off the tough end (discard), usually about one inch. Heat the
barbeque or oven to 400 degrees. Place the asparagus on aluminum foil or a
perforated barbeque roasting pan. Drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with salt
and pepper. Roast on the BBQ or in the oven for about twenty minutes. Time may
vary depending on the size of the asparagus. Turn after about 10 minutes.
Remove when they are still tender, before they are charred. Serves 8-10 people.
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2012 by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.
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