It is crazy to think how much something as simple as a hot meal can mean to someone. I never knew until we had Kathryn almost 2 years ago. Within 2 days of bringing her home I was back in the hospital with a postpartum infection. The wonderful women at Mackinaw Christian Church organized a weeks worth of hot meals to be delivered to us each night at supper time. The following week my lifelong girlfriends and a few family members pitched in and carried us through another week. Looking back I don't know how we would've made it through without their thoughtfulness. While I'm sure we would've survived, it was such a wonderful outpour of love and was truly humbling for me.
After being blessed by all those meals, I wanted to give that gift to others. I immediately asked to be put on the list at church to deliver meals to others in need and I started doing it for our friends. Since finding a new church home I didn't realize how much I missed taking meals, until this week when I was able to do it for a family at our new church home. It felt really good to cook for someone again, I only hope they enjoyed the meal half as much I enjoyed cooking it.
Something else I enjoy while cooking the meal is praying for those who will be receiving the food. While I sometimes don't know them personally I still pray for them and ask God to bless them and protect them and if they don't know God that they would develop a personal relationship with Him. I thank God for them and remember how I have been blessed by them.
Thursday night I made the family a hot apple crisp and last night they got brownies. Needless to say my family also wanted brownies, so I decided to surprise them with some tonight. As I was pulling the brownies out of the oven Tannin looked at me and said "Are you cooking for that family again?"
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