My Mother's Amazing Meatloaf Mystery (standard:Inspirational stories, 923 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: May 07 2005	Views/Reads: 3896/2485	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Every mother harbors a mystery of some sort. Many handed down from one generation to the next forming a bond so strong no man can penetrate. I came to realize this at an early age, which has stood me in good standing throughout life. Namely, don't mess wi

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church fellowship supper to bring her famous meatloaf. Once, I 
remember, she tried to make a meatloaf but it didn't turn out like her 
"famous" meatloaf and she feared taking such a risk with such a 
discriminating group as the ladies of the church. For the next 20 
years, she was forced to purchase her famous meatloaf from the market 
in high hopes that no lady from the church would discover her secret 
recipe for her meatloaf. 

Several times during that 20-year time my mother volunteered to bring
some other dish but none of the ladies would hear of it. One lady 
expressed the obvious opinion of the entire church when she said, "Our 
church fellowship suppers would not be the same without your homemade 
meatloaf." Nothing more needed said. 

My mother smiled, hiding the fear lurking in her heart that one day her
meatloaf recipe would be found out. 

Fortunately, nobody ever found out my mother's recipe for her amazing
meatloaf. Although she moved and no longer attends that church, she 
once in a while delights a family reunion with her famous meatloaf. 

Mysteries are all around us every day. Even the Bible is full of
mysteries. Some mysteries we will never discover and only eternity will 
reveal them. 

Some, however, God graciously reveals to us now. One for example is; "To
whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this 
mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:" 
(Colossians 1:27 KJV.) 

Mystery of mysteries is that God delights to reside in people like you
and me. 


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