Comments on: Settling

By: Laurie

Laurie — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 22:09:21 +0000

My daughter is at an age where her friends are handing her books to read that they themselves enjoyed. I’m feeding her good solid books as quickly as she’ll digest them. I want her to learn to not settle for poor or sleazy writing.

By: martha

martha — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 03:21:12 +0000

I’m trying to imagine the luxury of plucking an orange off a tree and enjoying it FRESH!! Obviously we don’t grow ‘em here in New Brunswick. My grandmother tried to grow one in her home and ended up with shriveled, SOUR, tiny fruit that we used as practical jokes!
Loved the post!! How true that we hold on to what we know and miss out on the wonderful, new and better that God has for us.

By: Toblerone

Toblerone — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:44:27 +0000

My friend actually works in the orange industry in Florida, and he says they have to toss a lot of the oranges aside that dont’ look “pretty” - aren’t bright orange, perfectly round, etc. etc. You know, pretty much the way they look in the store. But the ironic thing is, he says, is that the more deformed, duller oranges tend to be juicier and more flavorful. But they wouldn’t sell, because they’re not pretty.

Indicative of our society, I say.

By: Amy Scott

Amy Scott — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:40:14 +0000

I love your brevity.

If only I could talk this briefly as well, I’m sure it’d please all.

By: Everyday Mommy

Everyday Mommy — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:49:17 +0000

A piercing analogy, and I love your brevity. A point well made in succinct fashion. Bloggers often forget that less is more. Well done.

By: Jenny in Ca

Jenny in Ca — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:35:05 +0000

wow Amy, so well said! Hubby and I were talking about this just last night..maybe I will post about it. The main point was we met an old friend we hadn’t seen in years, and he seemed sad, and said he was so spiritually dry right now..and he is a pastor! In discussing this, I wondered if maybe he was disheartened by the situation so prevelent in Christianity today, has he been pouring himself out to minister to people who do not seem to be running after God whole-heartedly? I thought of the image of selling our birthright for a bowl of soul comfort. I am sad that many don’t realize we can abide with Christ today…instead of comforting our self desires and running after other things, putting off abiding till some distant far off day when we will be in heaven.

the real food thing- years ago we read the Little house books, one activity we did for homeschool was to study maple syrup making, and one morning we made blueberry pancakes and ate them with different types of syrup, including real maple syrup-which we do not usually use…because of price. We graphed our results of who like what best, and I was so shocked that all the children, including a friends kids-preferred the imitation syrup to the real thing. They had developed a taste for it, and to them-that was what syrup was supposed to taste like.

i guess you could come up with a whole spiritual lesson from that…maybe a post in the making?!

thanks for sharing,
Jenny in Ca

By: GardenOfGrace

GardenOfGrace — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:43:46 +0000

What a beautiful illustration. How easy it is to be caught up in the worlds tangle of “good” things and miss out on God’s best. Thanks for the lovely reminder. Blessings

By: Danielle

Danielle — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 07:33:27 +0000

Amy, I love what you said! It reminded me of what I am feeding Jonathan (our 10 month old boy) right now. I’ve completely skipped the baby food, and he is learning right away to like flavorful things. No “kid food” allowed. He is eating things like guacamole - it’s SO funny to see him eat it, for he sometimes gets a bite with extra garlic and he shakes his head around in dislike for the heat, then opens up for more :-). I also have him eating lots of shredded carrots with pineapple, baked mashed sweet potatoes, and steamed veggies (mashed with lemon pepper & salt). A few days ago I tried feeding him some green beans (in baby food form), and he found it revolting!

By: Patricia of Pollywog Creek

Patricia of Pollywog Creek — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:48:58 +0000

Excellent analogy, Amy. My husband has worked most of his life in the citrus industry and we personally owned 30 acres of orange grove. In the years before canker, when he could leave the grove with fresh fruit every day, we drank nothing but fresh squeezed OJ and grapefruit juice. Canker regulations changed everything. We now buy our OJ at Publix, but we buy Florida’s Natural to drink, and the Publix brand for baking. My older boys drank fresh squeezed OJ like it was water, but Emily is much younger than they are and did not benefit from those years of the “real stuff”. What she doesn’t like about drinking fresh squeezed juice is the pulp. It never bothered the boys.

By: crickl's nest

crickl's nest — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:05:44 +0000

Ha! That is funny….. We’re in Phoenix and are getting lots of orange and grapefruit ‘donations’ lately! (we only have a lemon tree) The fresh squeezed just doesn’t taste like store bought. Maybe you could boil it, condense it, then reconstitute it for them. Or you could just make them peel their own. lol

Silly kids