February 24, 2010
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All is right in my world…
I’m making these for dinner – Chicken Quesadillas (from my Taste of Home cookbook). Looking over the recipe – I see I have chicken – check, got that, onion – check, got that, x,y,z – got all that…until I get to tortillas. Shoot! I didn’t know we were out. *sigh*
Rather than fess up to yet another trip to Costco (and get a good razzing from my tried and true Facebook friends) I decided to make home made tortillas. I’ve done it before & my kids love them. They love anything home made, which is an ego boost for me because I make such a huge portion of all our foods from scratch.
As I was making them my mind wandered. Maybe today, at this same time that I’m making my tortillas there is a lady doing the same thing…somewhere in a hot country, somewhere in the sun. I doubt she has the ultra cool press that I got at a yard sale for a quarter… and even if there were yard sales where she lives, she might not even have .25 to spend on one. But still, she’s making tortillas – flour, water, a little fat, a little salt… rolling them out.
I found myself praying for her. I don’t know her name, I won’t ever meet her – that truly doesn’t matter, because God is bigger than all of that. I prayed she would somehow know the love of Jesus and some day I would meet her in Heaven. That some day we might make tortillas together for some great feast for Him.
Today I was quite content to not have tortillas on hand and with my decision to not drive the 5 min (to my favorite store on the planet) to grab the hefty 50-million pack tortillas for 3.99, because it made me stop and connect with the Lord, with myself, and ultimately with the woman I might not never meet.
And all is right in my world.
Comments (12)
I am reading this and finding myself nodding and whispering “amen”….I can hear such healing in your “voice” and I am so very happy for you. G~ you have a way of reminding me what it means to be a daughter of God, and I thank you for that.
God Bless; dear….God Bless
We’ve been trying to get tortillas right FOREVER!!! Please shoot me a recipe :[ ?
This reminds me of when I was pregnant with Cam, and the war in Kosovo was on the forefront of the nightly news. People were being forced to flee their homes and were heading into the mountains. I got a clear picture of a pregnant woman embroiled in that mess on the other side of the world, feeling so scared and desperate. I prayed for her a lot. Thanks for sharing your story and reminding me that the woman I saw so clearly is also raising a soon-to-be 11 year old child. Makes me wonder what their life is like now.
Gina I think somehow that in heaven you both will know who the other is, you will see the beauty in each others souls! What a joy that will be!!!
My aunt makes her tortillas from scratch. Of course she lives in Mexico, LOL! I totally would, I love doing it.
WOW Gina and Becky! Thanks for sharing…
This also reminds me of the time when Samuel was about 4 1/2 months old right after 9/11. I was nursing him and I had an overwhelming urge to pray for a woman on the other side of the world… she was eating grass in order to survive. I was just praying that that would be enough for her body to produce enough milk to nurse her baby. I pray for her often and wonder if her baby survived.
This is a totally awesome post! You are so right! And He is awesome! But you forgot one thing, my dear friend. The poor little woman making tortillas is toiling away in all that dreadful humidity!!!
It was so good to finally talk to you on the phone. TOmorrow I have to go sub. Tomorrow and Friday. I had a frustrating day at work, a program didn’t quite work right, and the printer kept jamming paper, and I worked an hour and a half later, but you know what? I’d rather be doing all that than subbing!!! At least after Friday, I’ll never have to sub again!!!
Love you! Tracy
great post…makes me mindful of Him in our everyday lives…
What a fabulous thought and testimony!
very very cool story..and they look sooo good!
I so connected with your post- doing things as simple as tortillas from scratch hasn’t been in my life for some time. However, praying for another mother making tortillas for her family was so touching and sadly hasn’t come to my mind. Thank you for reminding me to stop and partake of the Lord in the special moments!
lovely yummy recipe.dinner would be more beautiful if I make this recipe.thanks for sharing.
Chicken quesadilla recipe