“You’re blessed when you’ve worked up a good appetite for God.
He’s food and drink in the best meal you’ll ever eat.”
Matthew 5:6, The Message
My husband Eric & I had planned a romantic dinner a few months ago. It was a weekend, so we weren’t in a rush to get things done. Eric was roasting a chicken and put it into the oven a little later than normal – we waited, and waited, and waited, and waited for it get done.
We kept waiting until we realized somewhere along the lines the oven that was once on was now off.
We’re still not sure how that happened but we didn’t notice it until the chicken was cold. Basically after two hours we had a half cooked bird.
So, we decided to throw it out and go pick something up.
I’m not sure what we were thinking but we tied it up in a bag to throw it out and left it next to the garbage can.
When we came home, our puppy, whose name happens to be Humphrey Bogart, looked drunk with chicken love. He had eaten through the plastic bag, and the bottom of the chicken. His face was a mess, he literally was sluggish from the overstuffed stomach he had. It was like Thanksgiving canine style. He could barely move from the weight of his feast!
Finish reading this devo at the Internet Cafe!
Kristen, just wanted to let you know that the site was pulling up okay on my home computer. I bet there was something going on at work that wouldn’t let me access the site.