biscuits & gravy

i love biscuits & gravy. there's just something about those hot, fresh buttermilk biscuits & that hot, thick, sausage gravy with just a touch of pepper. i'd be hungry right now if it weren't for the fact that i just had a plate of them!

what is it about food that make us feel like we just have transported to the 7th level of heaven? if you're like me, each meal on your list of "comfort foods" has special memories linked to it. for me, biscuits & gravy reminds me of a family vacation that we went on to southern missouri. my great aunt & uncle hosted us & uncle charles made homemade biscuits & gravy almost every morning! pumpkin pie reminds me of grandma bette, oreo cookies takes me to grandma lorraine's, and the list goes on...

we connect these foods with times in our lives with warm feeling, loving memories. we look back on those times with fondness. if your life is anything like mine, you look forward to those brief moments of food bliss that seem to bring some semblance of sanity.

life is crazy right now. we've got issues with the election, housing markets going down the drain, the stock market reads like a heart monitor on a heart attack patient, gas goes down, wars go on, people are loosing jobs, companies that were the "pride & joy" of america are going bankrupt...

i was just reading some of Jesus' last words to his disciples before he took off to heaven. they (the disciples) were so confused about what was going on & what Jesus was trying to explain that was going to happen that he finally just had to stop and say:

"I told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world!" (John 16:33)

in other words, life is going to be crazy. the 1 place we will find warmth, security, stability, peace & comfort is in our connection with Christ. He's (Jesus) is my "biscuits & gravy" in this whacked out world.

i wonder if biscuits & gravy sales have gone up in the last 3 months.