No Leftovers

Leftovers!  Few foods left-over appeal to me.  As far as I’m concerned, the best thing about leftovers is I don’t have to cook!  The meal is already cooked – prepared – ready to heat ‘n serve. Yippee!

 

Did you ever struggle through something then wonder, "what was that all about?"  Macrina Wiederkehr, a Benedictine nun, said this: "There are no leftovers!  There is nothing -- no thing, no person, no experience, no thought, no joy or pain -- that cannot be harvested and used for nourishment on our journey to God."  It’s true – God never wastes an opportunity to grow us into what He designed us to be!  There is nothing that happens to us that is useless to God; everything we experience in this life is used for His purpose.  "Let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us."  (Hebrews 12:1).  Instead of allowing our circumstances and experiences to become baggage that weigh us down like a boat anchor, why not let them instead propel us upward, fueling us into the joyful presence of The Lord.  No leftovers – I love the sound of that!