If you’re wondering about the strange title, you’ll find out shortly….
How often do we think about the price of our salvation? When Jesus died for our sins, what was he procuring for us? Eternal life? Probably escape from eternal suffering! Does it not sound sooo much more heavier when we say that? Jesus did not suffer and die just so that he could spend forever with us, but he also wanted to spare us an eternity of suffering. How scary that sounds! Suffering for ever and ever with no end, wow! And all it would take to get me that could have been a little lie even, because sin is sin. This is quite clear in
James 2: 10: For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it.
So apart from eternal life, what else do we get?
1 Corinthians 2: 9: "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined,
what God has prepared for those who love him"
This sounds pretty awesome to me! But does it really? Do we really grasp the cost of what Jesus paid for? I believe that we really don’t! If we did, we would be like the merchant in
Matthew 13: 45-46: "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.
Do we give this much value to what we have in the Lord? Does it precede everything else in our lives? Personally, I cannot claim this! Many a times, I forget that what I have is so much more powerful and precious than my immediate needs here in this life! I wonder if this is what Jesus meant in
Mathew 7: 6: "Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.
Are we acting like pigs with pearls? Do we forget the magnitude of what the Lord has done for us and turn to attack him when things don’t go the way we want? If you won a return trip ticket to Disneyland or a all expense paid vacation, would you be complaining about the postage you had to pay for the vouchers to get to you? I don’t think so!
Do we fail to understand the value of what God has given us in the heavenly and behave rebelliously because we don’t get something of this world that we wanted? If so…then join me in saying OINK! OINK!
Let’s make it our sincere prayer to the Lord to reveal to our hearts, even fractionally, the value of our inheritance in him, so that we can treat it with the value it deserves, with endless thanksgiving!
Given it’s still lent season, am putting in another vegetarian dish, hopefully all you non-veg lovers will give it a shot as well!
Bhindi and Rajmah Masala (Ladies finger and Kidney beans)
Ingredients:
Cooked kidney beans – 250gms
Ladies finger (cut into long pieces) – 250 gms
Sliced onion – 1
Sliced tomato – 1
Tomato puree (paste) – 1 Tablespoon
Ginger-garlic paste – 1 Tablespoon
Cumin seeds – 2 teaspoons
Cumin powder – ¼ teaspoon
Coriander powder – 1 ½ Tablespoon
Turmeric powder – ½ teaspoon
Chilly powder – 1 teaspoon
Water – 1 cup
Sugar – 1 teaspoon
Salt – as required
Split Green chilly – 2
Oil – 4 Tablespoons
Chopped coriander leaves – 4 Tablespoons
Instructions:
1.Heat the oil in a kadai, splutter the cumin seeds, add green chilly and ginger-garlic paste, sauté till the raw smell subsides. Now add onion and fry till onion is deep golden brown.
2.Turn off the flame, add cumin, coriander, turmeric and chilly powders. Stir well and turn the flame back on. Now add the tomatoes and cook till the tomatoes blend in. To this, we add the tomato paste and sugar.
3.Then put in the ladies finger and sauté. Add water and let it boil till the water becomes half. Now add the cooked kidney beans, followed by the required amount of salt. Boil it further, till you get a pasty consistency.
4.Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.
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