When I was a youngster I disliked eggplant. I never planted it in my own garden. Then a few years ago when I was visiting our oldest son and family, our daughter in law served eggplant. I tried it and liked the taste of it.
Try it, you will see that it is good is what the Psalmist means in Ps. 34:8, “O taste and see that the Lord is good.”
This is the time of the year when the goodness of the Lord overflows in our gardens. Zucchini, cucumbers, and tomatoes produce more abundance than we are able to even give away.
During worship, in Holy Communion we taste and see the goodness of the Lord in the body and blood of Christ given and shed for us for the forgiveness of sins.
Peter uses Psalm 34:8 to urge us to be like newborn babes longing for the pure spiritual milk, so that by it we may grow up to salvation.
This may be a good time for the church to have a meal of all the good things from the members’ gardens. Then we could taste and see the goodness of the Lord in two ways, in the food for our famished bodies and the pure spiritual food for our famished faith.
We could end the meal singing,
“Thank the Lord and sing His praise; tell everyone what he has done. Let everyone who seeks the lord rejoice and proudly bear His name. He recalls His promises and leads His people forth in joy with shouts of thanksgiving. Alleluia, alleluia.”
By Rev. Ronald Jansen
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