With winter finally here, life is changing, bringing with it fires in the fireplace, layers of clothes, and scrumptious winter foods.
I love a nice bowl of thick soup or a good stew. However, my favourite winter delight by far is a strong curry. But very few people can make curry like the Indians do. Many years ago I asked an Indian chef what she does to make her curry so unforgettable.
Her answer became the heart of a sermon, and today its an article for the News. Besides all the secret spices the chef uses, the key is to let the meat marinate in the curry mix until it absorbs the curry. That’s when the sermon started to take shape in my mind. Many Christians are Christ-coated. They never spend enough time with God, Jesus or the Bible for their flavours and strengths to penetrate into their hearts.
That’s why many Christians may look like Christ on the surface, taste like him, but if you cut into them, there is a very different flavour. The challenge for any Christian is to be in God long enough for God to get into us.
PS: How deep is your Christianity?
