If you've been reading my latest posts you'll know that I've been going, or growing, through some difficult times. And trials are never easy. The only things that come easily to me during trials are complaining and stress! I naturally tend to focus on the negative which can be very distressing.
I was noticing the heavy weight on my shoulders and told God that I needed Him to remove this load I had put on myself. So God placed 2 special friends on my path who patiently and lovingly listened as I shared some of the things I was going through. And later that day I was able to continue sharing my thoughts with my husband. Talking really helped me put things into perspective and the next day I felt like a different person. I apologized to God for all my complaining and for focusing on the negative when, in spite of the trials, He's been showering me with blessings every day. Suddenly, I felt the load lift off my shoulders and I just knew Jesus had placed it on His.
Now back to the soy sauce alternative.
I have been busily learning new recipes and many of them call for soy sauce. I've been trying to cook healthier so I bought a low sodium soy sauce. For some reason, the first time I was going to use the new bottle, I decided to read the ingredients. I had never done that before so imagine my surprise when I found out that one of the ingredients was alcohol! Now I know the alcohol evaporates with cooking, but I really prefer not use any of it any where, so I started researching and learned that not all soy sauce contains alcohol. I also read about Bragg Liquid Aminos, a healthy soy sauce alternative. I went to two grocery stores in town, but didn't find any for sale. I'm pretty sure the health food store sells it, but I'll have to leave an arm there as payment. I kind of need my arm so I tried to find a regular soy sauce with no alcohol as an ingredient.
The morning God had taken my heavy load off my shoulders I went grocery shopping. I was feeling content and God and I kept talking about all the amazing things He's been doing in my life. As I was finishing shopping I remembered the soy sauce. I went back to the health food section of the local supermarket and the very first thing I see there, on the bottom shelf, was a big bottle of Bragg Liquid Aminos!
A big, I mean... a HUGE smile installed itself on my face as I happily picked up a bottle to bring home. And I didn't even have to leave any body parts as payment! If someone was watching me, I'm thinking they went back to that shelf to see what was the source of such joy. The thing is that that morning, that bottle of Bragg Liquid Aminos was a little token of God's love for me as He knew I really wanted it. He was telling me, that in spite of all the things I've been going through, in spite of all my complaining, I mattered to Him so much that even the little things, my little things, are important to Him. Isn't that wonderful? I really felt loved by God!
If you have a heavy load on your shoulders I want to encourage you to give it to God. Stop focusing on the negatives of life. Stop looking at the problems and how they may affect your future. Give that all to God. And as you get that load off, I challenge you to start looking at the blessings that God bestows upon you every single day and see how many tokens of God's love you find. And remember that God's love can manifest itself in a very unexpected way. It could even be as a bottle of Bragg Liquid Aminos.
"So we don't look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze
on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be
gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever."
2 Corinthians 4:18
Very meaningful. Thank you for sharing. Remind me to tell you of my own "Bragg Liquid Amino" story. Either here or on FB. Love you.
ReplyDeleteYes, please share it with me. Love you too!
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