Bitter/Sweet

Proverbs 27:7
A person who is full refuses honey,
but even bitter food tastes sweet to the hungry.

Today I am struggling a bit on this verse. First of all, I am a honey lover. So all I can really think about is how sweet it is. I know this verse is not about the actual taste of such things so I am going to try to go deeper with this. Lord help me!!!!!

When I was younger, before I had a relationship with God, it seemed I was always looking for something more. I was hungry for something I didn't have. I searched and searched. Mostly looking for my father or some sort of stability or acceptance. When I didn't find him, I settled with whatever would fill that void or that hunger for that something that was out there. When I was no longer satisfied, I would move on to the next and best thing at the time. In a way that meant that I was willing to try it out, even if it was "bitter" because to me it was "sweet". It was something more than what I had at the time. Now, I consider myself pretty full, I know there are a lot more things in my life that need to be tweaked and molded, but for now, I feel that I have filled that void, or that hunger. I would never refuse honey, but I am content, fine with what I have now, I really can't see myself ever looking for something new and something better, I have already found the best. My relationship with my God doesn't ever get bitter, it doesn't ever run dry or stop feeding my hunger. See, I have a living relationship with my creator and each day is new and fresh.

I have a plaque on my wall that I refer to often and it sorta kinda fits into this.

"Dear Lord, make my words as sweet as honey for tomorrow I may have to eat them!"

It is simple, yet we must make sure that what we say today is put into action for tomorrow. Or we will constantly be hungry. Hungry for the truth, the life that God wants for us. Have we been searching for something and can't find satisfaction? No matter how "sweet" it seems at the time, are we living for ourselves, for others, or for God? Which one do you think would be more consistent, more rewarding?

Dear Lord, I thank you for my friends and family. I thank you for my "history" because I was hungry for more and I found you. Lord, I know I will never have a relationship with my earthly father, but I thank you that you are so much better, so much sweeter than anything I have ever experienced. I pray that I will continue to be full with you, that each day a little more of myself will die off and that I will become a better reflection of you. Lord, I pray for those who are reading this, that they to will be full with you, that they will no longer hunger for things that will not last, will turn bitter over time. Amen.

Please continue to pray for Anna B. this week.