Have you ever had something to eat that just made you feel so incredibly warm and just perfectly wonderful inside? 🙂  You take one bite, and suddenly there are no more problems in the world, nothing is wrong with anything at all, and everyone is altogether happy?  I have!!

There are lot’s of things I enjoy eating, but only one thing that I actually look forward to eating once each year with a passion!!  Yes, I said passion.  You’re thinking it’s Thanksgiving turkey, aren’t you?  But, although that’s yummy, that’s not it.  Is it my rich chocolate birthday cake that comes each year?  I DO love chocolate…but that’s not it either!
Oh!  You are wondering if it’s my Butte Meadows volunteer firefighters fundraiser omelette that only comes once a year on Labor Day Weekend, aren’t you?  YES!!! How did you guess it?! 🙂  It’s my annual Butte Meadows OMELETTE!!!  And I have to wait 10 more months till my next one!! 😦  

How good is it?  Well, let’s put it this way:  If the Queen of England wanted to stop by my house for a visit over Labor Day weekend…I would have to graciously decline…she would have to understand the importance of this perfect meal.  I would, however, invite her to come along…I’m not rude or anything!!  They do serve tea as well, I believe. 🙂

Don’t think I’m weird or anything (is it too late for that?!) but this meal is just perfect!!  It’s simply this: an omelette loaded with ham, cheese, and perfectly sautéed veggies,  made by the very cheery volunteer firefighters who live and work up in the beautiful mountains of Butte Meadows, California.  There’s Pete’s coffee, orange juice, fruit salad cut up by adorable little old ladies, muffins, pancakes….and more…all included!!  My family and I carry our incredibly heavy double-duty plates to the outdoor picnic tables underneath the towering pine trees to eat our mountain breakfast!  Birds are chirping, the air is brisk, and we are bundled like little snow skiers (that’s cause we’re city folk, you know.  The locals are in t-shirts and shorts!).  It’s just so beautiful from the omelette, to the mountain air, to the hot coffee, and to the company I’m with… and then it’s over too fast and we waddle (yes, we waddle like a row of full little ducks) back to our cabin and rest! 😉  It’s exhausting to eat so much!!

I’ve tried replicating this omelette…but to no avail.  The omelette comes out delicious, but it’s missing something.  It’s missing a lot actually!!  A paper plate maybe?  Two pancakes on top of it keeping it warm in the cold mountain air?  Ski clothes?  Coffee with grinds at the bottom of the styrofoam cup?  Locals in their shorts and t shirts?  I don’t know. But I do know it’s not the same.

What does this omelette have to do with anything other than making me long for September? 🙂

Psalm 34:8-9 says “Open your mouth and taste, open your eyes and see…how GOOD GOD IS.  Blessed are you who run to Him  Worship God if you want the best; worship opens doors to all His goodness!”

God is so much GREATER than the most perfect meal EVER (even a Butte Meadows Omelette!)!  He satisfies all day long every day…not just once a year for a fleeting moment.  Worshipping Him leaves you feeling full, satisfied, loved, and cared for.

No duck waddling necessary. 🙂

There is crazy chaos in my home each morning…I won’t lie.  If I’m ahead of the game, I’ve made my kids lunches the night before, and set out my gym clothes so I can easily get ready in the dark without putting them on backwards!  Then there’s an hour  to feed my kids breakfast, make Huckleberry coffee (yes, Huckleberry…don’t judge!), do the dishes, shower and get ready all while getting THEM ready and off to school on time! There is a five to ten minute time period in there, where, if I plan it right, I can read my Bible and pray!  It may not be much time…but it’s precious time, and I know God understands. I’m always interrupted by my kids looking for their lost hairbrushes or shoes, but I have learned not to become frustrated about it or be angry at them for interrupting.  It is what it is…and I know it’s a season.  Besides, what does it say to them if mommy is crabby at them during her Bible reading time!! 😉

But then they are off to school, and I have this special “sweet spot” in my day.  It’s usually right when I get back from taking them to school, and boy, do I look forward to it!  I feel like it’s my time to simply “power up” for the day…like a charging kindle or something!  It’s simply this…it’s my time to love on Jesus!  I come with one agenda…and that is to bless HIM!  I put on my favorite worship songs and I sing to HIM.  It takes everything in me to make sure it’s not about ME.  Sometimes I even sit still….not reading devotionals, not praying, not even journaling anything…I just sit and am still (which is hard when there’s Huckleberry coffee coursing through my veins!!) But I am quietly listening for His voice, and I am simply receiving (yes, receiving!) His love for me.  It’s not about “accomplishing things” for God…it’s about loving Him.  Kleenex is handy.  Tears often flow and I’m reminded, again, that He’s with me and that He’s for me…and that He loves me.

There are no lost shoes or hairbrushes to be found in this time.  It’s just me loving on the God of the Universe…and Him loving on me.  Sweet spot.

I hesitated sharing this in a blog today because… 1) It’s pretty personal, and 2) I don’t want to give any impression that I’m this perfect Christian or anything, because I’m not.  I fail all the time!! I often allow distractions to rob me of this time.  I often come… but my focus is on my “to do” list rather than on Jesus!!  Sometimes, I’m even upset at God for something I don’t understand and I won’t “feel like” loving Him that day.  It’s really a battle to protect the “sweet spot”…but…

…like riding a horse, if you fall off, you just get back on and keep going.

The “sweet spot” is worth it.

“God, You’re my God!  I can’t get enough of you!  I’ve worked up such hunger and thirst for God, traveling across dry and weary deserts.  So here I am in the place of worship, eyes open, drinking in your strength and glory.  In your generous love I am really living at last!  My lips brim praises like fountains.  I bless you every time I take a breath; My arms wave like banners of praise to You.”  Psalm 63: 1-4