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\u201cFor the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 John 6:33<\/span><\/p>\n

Bread of Life<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cThis brown sugar is as hard as a rock!\u201d my husband lamented, as he pounded the brick-like-mass with his spoon. \u201cAll I want is a teaspoonful to go on my cereal.\u201d I could tell by his tone that somehow he expected me, at 6:00 AM, to produce some perfectly soft, pliable and oh-so-yummy confection for his oatmeal\u2014after all, this was my department. Fortunately for me, I had a backup stashed away in the pantry (yes, me and that cool Proverbs 31 woman). \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But what to do with that unmanageable clump of sugar\u2014suddenly an old trick of my mom\u2019s dawned on me. Mom never threw out a single thing that could be reused, repurposed or salvaged, and thanks to a tip from her own mom, she knew that an unruly chunk of brown sugar could be readily (overnight that is) useable even without the use of a microwave oven. Placing a piece of bread in with the brown sugar would do just the trick. So I gave it a try, and sure enough, the next day that sugar was as soft and usable as the day it was made\u2014perfect. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

All that got me to thinking, how many times I myself have felt \u201cas hard as a rock\u201d, un-pliable, and devoid of any natural moisture\u2014plenty. Life has a way of draining every drop from our very bones, if we let it. What we need is a good-sized hunk of bread, the Bread of Life (John 6:35) to restore us. Taking time in His presence, absorbing His never-ending spring of life is just what we need.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThank You, God, that we can come to You when we are dry and parched and the true Bread of Life will restore us to life. Amen!\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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