What about Joseph? -Intermission

I'm going to stray from the story of Joseph for a bit but don't worry we will revisit him shortly. Right now I want to talk about food. Why? Why not? I love food and I'm willing to bet so do most of you. Take a moment and think about the role food plays in your life. For me it's been my life for many years. I started working in the restaurant biz when I was only 15. Except for a few brief moments I've been there ever since. What can I say I love everything about it.

Food doesn't just sustain life it is and intricate part of it. Think about it. Growing up, when did you spend the most time with your family. I can wager most of you were sitting at the dinner table, at a restaurant, church pot luck etc. Food ties us together. When you call on a friend to spend time together what's the most common thing to do. "Hey, let's get together for dinner", or at the office, "let's do lunch". That's only the tip of the iceburg. Someone gets married what do we do? Eat. Someone dies (especially if you grew up catholic right Dad?) we all bring food. Birthdays, Easter, Christmas, Thanksgiving, promotions. The list goes on and on. But one common factor? You guessed it. Food!

It really seems so simple at first. I mean, we need food to live so therefore we eat. But is that all there is to it? Take a look at all those examples above of times we join together as a group and "break bread". Is it really just a matter of simple life support. I think there's so much more to it than that. The reasons meals are so important to us, I believe, are as vast and varied as the foods we eat.

I am going to go deeper into this one a little later tonight. I don't think we've even scratched the surface. For now I will leave you with it to chew on so to speak. Please leave your comments. I would love to know your opinions about this and anything for that matter. Hopefully we can all learn a little. More so, I hope that everything you find here will encourage you, give you hope or at least bring a smile to your face. I look forward to every day in the hopes my and your faith will become more Undignified for Him.

Who knows, maybe we can all get together for dinner sometime. I do love to eat. :)

Many blessings,
TOGL
J. Gabriel