Southern Slow Cooked, In A InstaPot World

Well, I think its time to get this show back on the road even though this wonderful life of mine is by no means a show, unless you count those moments when you can insert the circus theme music; because If thats the case my life could possibly be the greatest show on earth!!!! A lot has happened since my last post and although I haven’t posted lately the writing hasn’t ceased. There are times when changes in life keep you from sharing some of the insights and lessons you are learning at that moment. It doesn’t mean that these things will be locked up tight for all eternity, I guess its more of reaching a level of maturity where you realize some things, no matter how awesome and relevant they are in the moment, need time to mature to marinate within your soul. More times then none, we speak and share from our hearts and minds which are so intertwined with our emotions we overlook that key ingredient mixed inside our situation, that needs time to work its magic within us…..marinating……growing and building to something that is so unique. Without the process of blending all of the ingredents together and the time needed to fulling combine our experiences to completion, we can lose the true flavor of what God has laid within us.

We live in a world of instant gratification, we want instant results from anything and everything we encounter, our food, children, relationships careers and so on. If we want it… we want it now, we want to skip all the process, work and refining to get ourselves to the good part. We want the taste of what God has in store for us without all prep. The instapot craze is a prime example, you get all the slow cooked goodness 70% faster. Now don’t get me wrong I don’t have a InstaPot, but I want one. I mean really I have a husband and teenagers coming out my ears these days; I work full time, the faster I can get it cooked the sooner they are out of my kitchen asking if its done yet and repeatedly telling me they are hungry and I may just have a chance to keep my sanity past 40!! Even though we are a culture of short cuts, meaning we will find a way to do and get anything we need faster, I believe it is important to pull out that slow cooker, like our Nanny used to do, and give things God allows us to walk through some time to mature, slowly into the depths of our soul. To let it marinate in the places where emotions don’t dictate or microwave out the true essence and taste of our experiences. Although we rush though so many valuable experiences unknowingly allowing it to stunt our  growth. I know if and when we stop trying to hurry through the pain, the singleness, the pregnancy, the toddler and then the teenage years, stop trying to just make it to the weekend, next week, month or year and stop for a moment………. marinate in where God has planted us right this minute great things will happen just the way God intended them. If we will look past everything our emotion driven heart and mind are telling us to do to get past this moment, we can rest in the true essence of our today. There is a purpose for where you are at, it would be a shame to hurry through and miss the ways God is wanting to flavor your future.

You are Gods greatest recipe, in you are his finest secret ingredients don’t allow this instapot world talk you into skipping the process. Even though the taste and aroma of the worlds end result may be close, it will never add up or be as good as Gods old fashioned, slow home cooking!!!

Just sit and simmer.