Where were we....oh yeah! In Cooking Under Pressure Part 1, Sarah was hoping to hear that her bread was good.
Sarah wasn't the only woman in the Bible who had to make a good meal. Queen Esther served up quite the dinner. Talk about preparing a meal under pressure! Esther had a lot more than her pride at stake. Then the Queen decided that one dinner wasn't enough she was going to host another palatory event. Esther chose to take the age-old way of getting to a guy's heart, food. She obviously did well; the king didn't spend the rest of the evening regretting her offer.
I have wondered about Martha as well. She was busy with the preparations of having company. A part of those preparations were probably food. She didn't want anything to go wrong, she wanted everything to be perfect for her Lord. She may have even wanted Him to praise her on the food she was so carefully preparing. The one that was praised was Mary, her sister. Mary wasn't worried about things being just right. She wasn't looking for words that would boost her self esteem. Mary put her focus on the Lord.
Although many of my company meals seem to go wrong, my guests usually never know it. The weight of failure is one I place on myself. It doesn't matter if the dinner isn't perfect. I don't think my guests come over to be fed food. The food is only a tool to gather people together, to get to know one another.
Do I want my company to go away thoroughly satisfied with the food, or thoroughly satisfied with the company? |
