Daily Devotional: Tuna casserole
"Insults have broken my heart, so that I am in despair. I looked for pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink." — Psalm 69: 20-21 NRSVUE
I could feel the little beads of sweat starting to trickle down my forehead. Very small, but there. I was at a big fellowship meal at a church in Illinois. People were all around, talking and laughing. And the very nice lady who cut my hair was sitting across the table and she had just asked, “Pastor Mike, what do you think?”
The problem was not the question. The issue was that my mouth was full and I was afraid to swallow. Now, let me say that some very fine cooks attended that church, but something had gone desperately wrong with this tuna casserole.
Several people were looking my way, waiting for my response. I had no napkin to pretend to cough into, and sadly, it wasn’t a dainty morsel in my mouth.
What to do? In the end, with great trepidation, I did what I had to do. I just swallowed.
From time to time, we just have to swallow hard and take what comes our way. It may not be a tuna casserole, but we have all found ourselves in positions with no gracious way out. We can whine and complain, something I’ve perfected in the past, but it never seems to change anything. The best we can do sometimes is swallow the casserole and just move on.
Prayer: Father? When there is no gracious way out, help me to accept the difficult choice, and move on, knowing You’re still with me.
Rev. Dr. Michael Sanders has written books of Devotions, available locally at Ken’s Village Market in Indian River.
This article originally appeared on The Petoskey News-Review: Daily Devotional: Tuna casserole
