Soul Kitchen

Come everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourself in rich food. Incline your ear to me; hear that your soul may live. Isaiah 55:1-3

What an amazing invitation! Come, listen, eat, delight, live! Come, eat the things that will truly satisfy and find life that is worth living.

Living this life is definitely not an exercise in learning independence. I recognize more and more how much I need God. I cannot do life with any kind of joy or peace without him. Sometimes it feels like it's just too much and too hard. I need God. I need to accept his invitation to come. I need to get to the place in my head where I remember and in my heart where I know that he loves me. And I need to hear it over and over again.

And for me, I need to see the written words on the page of the Bible. I see his words and remember. I see his words and hear his voice. I hear and know. His word is the active, living thing that reaches into my heart and soul to remind me of his love and to change me. And in his lovingkindness, he tells me over and over again. His word gives me life. I believe the words that Moses spoke to the people of Israel when he spoke the word of God to them, "Take to heart all the words by which I am warning you today...for it is no empty word for you, but your very life, and by this word you shall live long in the land that you are going over to the Jordan to possess." The written words in the Bible are not just words, they are my very life.

It's an open invitation, given daily and moment by moment. Our God invites us to come, eat, hear, delight in him and the good things he offers, be satisfied and find life.

Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. Your word is life to me.