Last Saturday I had a hankering for chicken tortilla soup …
correction, HOMEMADE chicken tortilla soup, which is interesting since I’ve
never made it from scratch before.
Nevertheless, I downloaded a recipe from the web and started
gathering ingredients. Since it was going to be in the crockpot all day, I
didn’t panic when I realized I was missing a few things … I mean, how important
are black beans and cumin when you have all the other stuff? I finally got
around to a Wal-Mart run a couple of hours before the soup was to be ready and,
boy, am I glad I did! While the soup would have been edible without black beans
and cumin, what a difference they made to the quality and taste of the finished
product!
Our lives are busy and it’s easy to think that ‘good enough’
will do. But I hope as you ramp it up for this spring semester, you’ll give
specific thought to what will make it an ‘excellent’ experience in every area –
academically, socially, spiritually, and so on. Don’t settle for edible when
your taste buds are craving cumin! Go the extra mile to make the most of the
opportunities God is giving you this semester … to HIS glory.
And as you do, please be praying for student wife Rachel
Haley who was in a bike accident last week and will spend the better part of
this semester recovering from a broken leg, broken clavicle, and other
injuries. We’re praising God for the progress she’s already made and know He is
using this experience in her and Abe’s lives as well as many in their spheres of
influence!
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