cooking as healing

Cooking as healing… You know the feeling when you’re headed home from work or travel after a long day, and you know the fridge is empty. I had this thought back in 2023 at a Palm Sunday service, where I was obviously not engaged. The thought popped into my mind that rebuilding a life is akin to creating a meal from nothing . There is no microwave to spend up the process either. Damnit. A few humble ingredients, spices and a fat and hopefully there’s something edible and nourishing at the end! Even better if its appetizing…

I truly had no idea how to rebuild a life or just how long that process would ever take. It’s pretty incredible what God has pieced together and can only guess that this was His recipe all along. He is so good. What did He use? The main ingredient was the very foundation of my faith.(although I had done everything but believe for many years) He had to scramble my mind to rewire it and transform me. He shredded my very heart and all my dreams. He isolated me in a deep freeze for what felt like FOREVER. He became and still is my constant, my husband, my father, my best friend. My everything. He changed my eyesight, my feet…and made my hands strong. My heart brave. The skills perfected in heaven and on earth and my thoughts are His. My tongue still needs some work, and like all chefs its probably one of my most valuable assets. He knew what He was doing all along and He has been like Remi in “Ratatouille” and I’ve just been His hands and feet. Anything is possible. He provides if we partner to do the work.