Cooking Comedy With Biblical Interpretation

Upon arriving back at the Vines after a long day of orientation, everyone is hungry. Each person has been allotted a shared refrigerator and shelving space in which they have carefully selected and stored food items from local shopping markets. Space is limited. Some have planned better than others, as can be attested by the meals that are created.

When boys leave home and the college cafeteria, they are forced to confront a dangerous foe: the stove and a frying pan. In the past three days the Vines kitchen has been filled with varying amounts of smoke during peak meal times.

This evening the meal of choice was fried eggs. A seemingly simple culinary choice; all that you need is some butter, a frying pan and an egg. Creatively, some students in the house managed to create voluminous clouds of smoke from their simple meal.

Evidently, the cooks here are familiar with Leviticus 8:28 which reads,

"Moses...burned them on the altar on top of the burnt offering as an ordination offering, a pleasing aroma, an offering made to the Lord by fire."

Unfortunately, they should also be alerted to the words of Samuel the prophet:

"Does the Lord delight in burn offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the Lord?" (1 Sam. 15:22)

These are wise words to us all, cooks or not. Obedience is far more important than sacrifices, burnt offerings, or any other act of service. King David was called the man after God's own heart because "...he will do everything I want him to do" (Acts 13:22).

The smoke has cleared, the eggs were good, and a biblical lesson was learned.

Good Night.