Perhaps people are like food groups.....some are starchy, some are fruity :-), some are high in protein (edifying), some are calcifying :-), and some are....well....at best....nutritive....
And that may be us. Nutritive at best. I said 'may'. I'm not making any solid claims - I'm just surmising.
I'll say it. The Litchfields may be vegetables. I say that because fellowshipping with the Litchfields can be like eating your vegetables. You have a feeling it's good for you....that eggplant is such a beautiful purple, and the squash such a vibrant orange, and you're all pumped up to get the benefit and then you take a bite and ..... well, they are just vegetables! I mean a few of us may be the more palatable ones like green beans, tomatoes, carrots, but then it moves into the the middle range of cauliflower, broccoli, onions, and there may be some that are unavoidably.....a brussel sprout. I cringe to say it. Full of antioxidants and Vitamin A. It just takes a certain palate to appreciate it. But God made it nonetheless. Just the way it is...and pronounces it good.
Yes, we can put sugar in my carrot souffle, cream of mushroom soup in the green beans, cheese on the broccoli....or even the brussel sprouts, but still no one can change our vegetable family into a Hostess cupcake or Grandma Elder's sugar cookies. Sooner or later, it will be discovered.
Vegetables mean business and they don't put on too many airs to make sure people like them. They are practical and they have the best of intentions. They are rather taken back when others don't quite understand when we squeeze onto their plate. Don't they know that the FDA now recommends that at least HALF of your plate is now to be vegetables???
So, that is my surmising for today. I am aware that there are those in my family may claim that I am not judging their food group correctly and I will get a good dose of antioxidants to try to 'fix' me, but, hey, it's worth considering. I hope they at least can find it entertaining. I would think vegetables are in heaven. And, one last word - Papa Schultze, don't laugh too hard - at least half of this came from YOU. :-)
And that may be us. Nutritive at best. I said 'may'. I'm not making any solid claims - I'm just surmising.
I'll say it. The Litchfields may be vegetables. I say that because fellowshipping with the Litchfields can be like eating your vegetables. You have a feeling it's good for you....that eggplant is such a beautiful purple, and the squash such a vibrant orange, and you're all pumped up to get the benefit and then you take a bite and ..... well, they are just vegetables! I mean a few of us may be the more palatable ones like green beans, tomatoes, carrots, but then it moves into the the middle range of cauliflower, broccoli, onions, and there may be some that are unavoidably.....a brussel sprout. I cringe to say it. Full of antioxidants and Vitamin A. It just takes a certain palate to appreciate it. But God made it nonetheless. Just the way it is...and pronounces it good.
Yes, we can put sugar in my carrot souffle, cream of mushroom soup in the green beans, cheese on the broccoli....or even the brussel sprouts, but still no one can change our vegetable family into a Hostess cupcake or Grandma Elder's sugar cookies. Sooner or later, it will be discovered.
Vegetables mean business and they don't put on too many airs to make sure people like them. They are practical and they have the best of intentions. They are rather taken back when others don't quite understand when we squeeze onto their plate. Don't they know that the FDA now recommends that at least HALF of your plate is now to be vegetables???
So, that is my surmising for today. I am aware that there are those in my family may claim that I am not judging their food group correctly and I will get a good dose of antioxidants to try to 'fix' me, but, hey, it's worth considering. I hope they at least can find it entertaining. I would think vegetables are in heaven. And, one last word - Papa Schultze, don't laugh too hard - at least half of this came from YOU. :-)
I guess it takes a trip to keep you writing! Miss reading your posts!! :)
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