Tonight we are having my very most favorite school lunch from Wilkesboro Elementary. TACOs, Golden Corn, Apple Sauce, and Cinnamon Buns. I really had a great growing up experience. My teachers were fabulous and our cafeteria ladies could surely beat ANYONE in Gordon Ramsey's Hell's Kitchen. You see... they lovingly prepared the meals... FROM SCRATCH. No ready-made mix was ever found in our school's pantry. They arrived early and stayed late and I pray they were compensated for their time. Yeast rolls, homemade soup, and the occasional hot dog.. with homemade chili. These were the meals I enjoyed... not chicken nuggets, chicken fillet, chicken in a roll... all the same taste... just a different shape. NOW WAIT A MINUTE.. I am not slamming on the cafeteria staff members of current time. I realize they are not allowed to have creativity or fun in the kitchen due to budgetary and FDA constraints. However.. I am sad for our world that we are loosing this valuable time and influence on our children. God did not make us all cookie-cutter people. He knows each hair on our heads and blesses us with gifts and talents. God and the Cafeteria Manager had this in common... they realized talents and encouraged them to be developed. Mrs.Baity was the BEST roll maker. She performed her duty lovingly and I never remember anyone else even trying to fill her shoes. Maybe that's the way it should be.. Find your niche and totally rock it. Make yourself unmistakable and valued and be a blessing to all who encounter you doing your thing as only our Master knows you can.
Romans 12:6-8
6Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; 7 if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; 8 the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.
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