This recipe is SOW good!

Have you ever received a chain letter?  I did many times as a teenager.  Then several years later, I started to receive chain 'emails'.   One such chain email I got back in 2007 was a recipe exchange where you had to send a recipe to the person whose name was first on a list and then forward something else on to twenty friends and then in the end (if everyone participated) you should receive 36 new recipes in your inbox.+

Well usually I don't get involved in these sorts of things but for some reason, for this one, I did send an email with a recipe and then forwarded the other part on etc etc.

Wanna know how many recipes I got back? Two!  One was a recipe for a steak and mushroom casserole and the other one was entitled 'Recipe Fit For A King' which intrigued me a bit.

The email began... "You reap whatsoever you sow..."

And then these instructions followed:

First plant 5 rows of peas: 

Presence, Purity, Preparation, Prayer and Perseverance.

Next to these, plant 3 rows of Squash: 

Squash Gossip, Squash Criticism, Squash Indifference.

Then plant 5 rows of Lettuce: 

Let us be faithful . Let us be thoughtful and unselfish. Let us be true to our obligations. Let us have minds ready to learn. Let us love one another.

Sow in some peace . 

Take all the above ingredients and carefully fold them together allowing them to permeate into your life.

Well that wasn't what I was expecting to get but you know what, I think it was actually more useful than the casserole recipe and so I saved it... and I've thought about it many times over the past four years.

Now, as I reflect upon it again it reminds me of the amazing house parents that we have at ZOE.  

I often wonder how they work as a team to keep the likes of 60 children of various ages developing characteristics such as contentment, gratefulness, self control, obedience, trustworthiness, honesty... (and so on).

 

And as I thought about it... and googled it... I came across this.  A recipe for a happy home.

In a large bowl of love mix: 
2 cups of faith 
2 cups of patience 
1 cup sympathy (more if needed) 
Blend in: 
1 cup of forgiveness 
2 tsp. of kindness 
1/2 cup of courage

Pour into a heart of joy, sprinkle with harmony.  Top with a spread  of understanding, sweeten with respect and bake in an oven of trust.  Serve with a tender smile.

If you have some more food for thought...

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