My beautiful wife made lasagna
which turned out to be inedible due to tough, rubbery lasagna noodles. I had
noticed duct tape holding the lid shut on the lasagna noodle box but though
little of it until we tried to eat the lasagna. It seems yours truly had found
several open boxes of lasagna noodles in the back of a cabinet in the kitchen
behind the bottom drawer where they had somehow fallen, when boxing to move in
May of 2012. I had put the noodles in one box and duct taped the lid. Upon reflection,
I have no idea how old the noodles are, or if they were even my noodles
considering where I found them. They could have been behind the drawer in the
kitchen cabinet when we moved into the old house eight years ago.
But this is not the end of this
story. Yours truly decided to put the whole pan of lasagna down the garbage
disposal, which we never use, for reasons known only to God. Upon reflection it
probably would have been better to feed the lasagna to the garbage disposal a
little at a time with lots of water instead of the whole pan followed by water
–hindsight is painfully 20/20 – for by the time I knew I was in trouble... I
was already in trouble. The other side of the double sink began to fill with
ground up lasagna. After a trip to Lowes, two gallons of super-duper
professional commercial drain cleaner, discovering the “sink tape” I purchased
won’t fit the holes in the sink drain, and disassembling the plumbing under the
sink, my sink is still stopped up. Day two begins...
One moral of this story is
always use fresh lasagna noodles, but there is another lesson... a spiritual
one. You see, I let this little “trial” of life get me in a pretty pissy mood
yesterday, I lost my joy and peace in the midst of doing battle with the
Lasagna noodles. And worse, when I realized I was in a foul mood I begin to
rationalize justification for being down. I believe saints are suppose to be
unflappable, rejoicing in all things because of the Blessed Hope we have in
Christ, treating everything as spiritual because... well, it is. I begin to think about the things... tough
things, saints are facing, things like cancer, tragic accidents, lose of
employment, failed marriages, lost loved ones... and here I am being defeated
by a lasagna noodle. Obviously I am not nearly as spiritually mature as I
thought I was. Please forgive me Father. I am so very thankful that all I have
to deal with today is a lasagna noodle. I pray that you will make Your face to
shine upon all my brothers and sisters who are fighting real battles. Strengthen
them, encourage them with Your presence, and give them peace and hope... and
patience, as You work good out of their bad... In the mighty name of Jesus...
Amen and So Be It.
CALLED TO BE UNFLAPPABLE
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