Gnocchi
Gnocchi
John 14:23 “Jesus answered and said unto
him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we
will come unto him, and make our abode with him.”
John 1:1 “In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
Mark 1:10 “And straightway coming up out
of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove
descending upon him:”
I am not an Italian chef. Furthermore, I have never eaten gnocchi. Having been assigned to an Italian airbase,
our liking was more the pizza! Oh yah,
give me that wood fired pizza any day. I
understand gnocchi is made from potatoes, flour, and eggs. Mixing the dough is standard but forming the
chunks is the knack. Turn the long roll and pinch off the little guys. In the end, drop them into boiling water. You know they are done when they float.
God is the three-in-one. Around the mid 2nd century, the Church
fathers began understanding Him in three
distinct personalities. A progressive
revelation as God shown Himself to the faithful.
In Antioch, we were first called “Little
Christs” or Christians. Suddenly we had
a name. Under this label we ran to the ends
of the world. Taking His cross upon us,
we dragged that thing anywhere our feet would take us. So identifying with Christ, we bore His
afflictions being beaten and scourged for the privilege of the Name. Like gnocchi, we found our boiling water.
Didn’t God form a new thing? New creatures surely made in His image. Once in darkness, transposed to light of a
new spirit responsive to Him. Pinching
us off the Roll, we curiously looked similar.
Ready for firming up, God in His wisdom tested us through trials. Dropped into the death of this world, we came
up to Him again when done.
“Alas Master! It was borrowed.” Elisha’s prophetical son flipped the head
into the drink and got panicky. Elisha
simply cut the stick and fetched it into the water where the ax head
dropped. Then it did swim. Jesus found his boiling water. Separated in death from His God, He was
reunited again. Reformed, He told Mary
not to touch Him since He had not yet ascended.
Coming up from the water, we face our
Father in newness. When done, He scoops
us out ready for the feast. Joining our
brothers and sisters in savory sauce, He places us in offering at His table.
Are we to be consumed by our God? A great picture for we all know what food
does to us. The presentation to our
sight, the wafting aroma to our nose, and the meeting of the morsel to our
lips. Teeth know the texture as our
tongue searches for taste. In satisfaction,
the experience is culminated with a swallowing of approval. Can we give God this?
He delighted in a burnt offering. The smell was precious to Him. It put Him at ease, covering the sins of
Israel once again. How much more will He
enjoy a meal of those in obedience to Him?
Again, I have never made gnocchi. Being American, I let the professionals do
it. Italian Grandmas in kitchens can
whip out this creation. God with
disciples works the same. Severing them
from the whole, He tests with heat. Up
we come seeing His smiling face.
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