A Journey of Love, Style and Taste
By Chef. Eddie A. Elsasser
Philadelphia, USA
The Journey… at a rest stop on the Highway..
Everyday I wake up not knowing what is going to happen.. A blank slate, Empty package waiting to be filled and written on.. There is so much pain and fear about what Might be.. Especially for all that I have just experienced with my best friend.. My Mom passing away to be in Gods hands.. Just the thought of that gives me faith and knowledge that I will once see her again..
I have lived a life for the last 16 years in the ways and love of Jesus Christ.. Yet in a instant even all that I know and understand came crashing down on me and I did not for a minute stop drop and Pray to put out the inferno that was engulfing me.. I feared.. And from that.. I fell.. I sinned.. It was the perfect storm as some might say.. I did not belong to a church that I could connect myself into fellow believers that would lift me up and help me.. I kept myself all alone. Even Not getting any feed back from people that I once confided in.. They seemed to have walked away from me.. Contacted them over and over and over and no response.. It just seems that they are not hearing or listen to God either. .I say either because, I am not free from that either.. I have my faults.
Then when I do reach out to someone that I do trust and love.. A fellow family member. He calls and I don’t respond quickly.. I ride if out as if the pain is just going to go away.. Just ignore it and it will pass right? Oh Noooo, it gets worse as the time go’s by, maybe not right away, but when it doe’s come back.. It hurts more ..
So, as it did come back around again and in top speed and force.. It slapped me silly.. Words started to come out of my mouth that would take down the Taj Mahal, I started to go back to the ways that I used to be.. Letting anything and “Anyone” be near me…I was not acting as a man, let alone a man that lived for and acted for God.. I didn’t talk to any of the friends, Fellow Brothers or Sisters in Christ because they would Judge me.. I was doing alright in the department called myself.. I am my own worst Judge and not only that.. I could not hide from God either.. Believe me.. I thought I could .. Funny huh.. When we are up to our necks in sin.. We start to act as fools.. And I was feeling like garbage. Not worth a thing.. ZERO..
Then I couldn’t take it anymore.. I was on the ground bleeding from the
Punch that Satan gave.. And I knew I had to get up and out …go away from all that was around me and find where I need to be and adjust myself in the way that God needs me… I was not running from.. I was running “TO”… but then.. Yeah.. I know.. Atlantic City.. Of all places.. LOL .. I know what you are thinking.. I thought the same thing.. But from all that I have done to allow this to happen in the 1st place.. I was not about to question God again…So I listened, and so I be in AC.. The 1st thing that brought me to understand that God was here and listening to me, was that I lost my cell phone in the streets of AC.. In the middle of money, poverty and greed. I have to say.. I panicked.. I started thinking the worst, then I started to pray.. I walked about a mile and a half looking for that thing.. In the Casino, The House of Blues.. Just a note.. Not that it mattered to me what you think, but I did just play $10. on the slots for the heck of it.. No, I am still not rich in money.. LOL But if I did… I do believe that I would have loved to invite the entire graduating classes of Timothy Dwight, Roger Ludlowe and Andrew Warde from 1980 to 1987.. Everyone that I knew for a Reunion Feast… If you know me well, you know I would have done it.. Anywho..
Then I came back to the hotel and just happened to walk over to the front desk for the heck of it… I thought I lost it somewhere else… I pulled out the words and asked.. Thinking .. Oh.. She is going to tell me no… No phone.. She reached into the desk drawer and said…. This one… I was almost in tears… I started screaming hallelujahs’ … She told me that a lady found it out on the street in front of the hotel and called my Dad, and she gave it to my hotel desk.. She was staying in the hotel next to me.. I found out where she was staying… I got to talk to them.. It was a Man and a woman.. I believe in their 70’s or 80’s.. They refused to take anything from me.. He told me that him and his wife would want someone else to do the same thing for them if they lost their phone.. I felt bad.. I wanted to do something for them… He then stated… We need prayer!.. He didn’t know me from Adam.. I told him that he came to the right person.. I shared my faith with him.. So, when you think about the Tobey’s… In the Midwest… Pray for their family.. They are experiencing things that are very overwhelming.. I guess God really knows what He is doing doesn’t He?
God has been here with me no matter what stupid and fooling things I did, and was waiting with open arms welcoming me back. “Keep doing what you have done before He said. Take care of my sheep, my Children… feed them, listen to them, encourage them.. Love them”
"Back To You"
Nobody said it would be easy
Nobody said that life's a breeze
Tossin' and turnin', oh the wind keeps churnin'
Like I'm a little toy boat out on the sea
If I'm down don't count me out
I'll slowly get back on my feet
Stumblin' and fumblin', but I keep on coming
Just as long as you're not giving up on me
When I trip, I fall and slow down to a crawl
And feel like I've got nothing left to lose
I may slip, slide, and watch our worlds collide
But I will
Hit the ground running back to you
There are days my head is spinning
Wishing I could hit the switch and end this ride
If it came to a stop and someone let me off I know
I would just get right back in line
When I trip, I fall and slow down to a crawl
And feel like I've got nothing left to lose
I may slip, slide, and watch our worlds collide
But I will
Hit the ground running back to you
What kind of love would say
I love you anyway
Oh, time and time again
~~~~ Mercy Me
Isaiah 41:11-,
"Do you feel like a lowly worm, Jacob?
Don't be afraid.
Feel like a fragile insect, Israel?
I'll help you.
I, God, want to reassure you.
The God who buys you back, The Holy of Israel.
I'm transforming you from worm to harrow,
from insect to iron.
As a sharp-toothed harrow you'll smooth out the mountains,
turn those tough old hills into loamy soil.
You'll open the rough ground to the weather,
to the blasts of sun and wind and rain.
But you'll be confident and exuberant,
expansive in The Holy of Israel!”
What is True Wisdom? True wisdom.. Letting your actions do all the talking and your words as mere silence.
So, if there is anything I can pray about for you and you want to keep it private.. Just ask.. What is said to Eddie .. Stays with Eddie.. I promise that!!! You have my word.. Just contact me and we will pray in private.. God bless ya’al.. Send me a message.. You can also check me out on my Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Chef-Eddies-Restaurant-and-Food-Review/237831496253637 and ask me anything you wish.. You can also tweet me.. @EddieAElsasser
Now, Until we meet again~~ Many journey's into the Love, Style and Taste of the world and food around you...
God Bless
Chef. Eddie A. Elsasser
