When I think of the word comfort, two things come to mind: comfort food and God.
Ah, comfort food, how I love it! Macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes and gravy, meatloaf, chicken and dumplings, pot roast, fried chicken ... I think most comfort foods are creamy, fragrant and substantial. Food that sticks to your ribs and keeps you going.
Fuel for your body.
Then I think of how the Bible says God comforts us in all our afflictions. (See 2 Cor. 1:3-4) I wonder if He comforts our spirit like food comforts our bellies - filling us with good things and sticking with us for the long haul.
Fuel for your spirit to keep on keeping on, no matter what the circumstances around us may be speaking to us..
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Yummy! Good thing I already ate lunch, or I'd be eating some mac and cheese. :) Thanks for sharing!
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ReplyDeleteVisiting you from Five Minute Friday. It's amazing that we both referred to the same scripture for this prompt. What a great blessing and comfort our faith is.
Heading to the store to pick up the makings of a serious comfort food dinner, thanks to you! lol
Have a blessed weekend!
Cassandra from Renaissance Women
Dear Jerralea
ReplyDeleteOh, I love this. Our Lord's grace and comfort that sort of get stored away as fuel for those times when the reserves run low! Great analogy.
Blessings to you
Mia
What a wonderful thought... I love how you correlated those two types of comfort. I think of those same two things when it comes to comfort... and isn't it so true that we can't live a day without those two things in our lives! Both spiritual and literal food.
ReplyDeleteAnd that plate of food has got my mouth watering. True comfort food.
Have a blessed weekend!!
Love your comfort food list. :-) Makes me hungry right now though. ha. I do want to turn to God as my first source of comfort. I don't always, but I'm growing that direction. Thanks for sharing this, Jerralea.
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