A Good Taste

Earlier this month Elisa, Emily, and I went into an delicatessen.  I stopped at the counter displaying the different flavors of gelato – they all looked yummy.  I narrowed my choices to orange or coconut.  Decisions! Decisions!

 

Speaking of the hostility [to come] toward His followers, Jesus said, “And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor Me.” (John 16:3).  It’s interesting to see such aggression toward Christians oft times for seemingly no reason at all.  Those who have approached God with open hearts and minds, however, have never been disappointed.  As we live out our faith before others, we must consider the inviting words of Psalm 34:8, “Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good!”  The kind lady behind the counter gave me a small taste of both the orange and the coconut – they were both good, but something about that coconut tipped the scale!  We need to faithfully give others a good taste of God’s Goodness!  We are called – even in the face of adversity – to persevere lovingly and faithfully.  The unfriendliness shouldn’t surprise us and certainly never detour us from reflecting Christ before the world; we are how they will know the Father and the Son.  As you go today, give others a good taste of Him!