A walk in faith is lasagna

It is a weird analogy I know, but one night I sat in bed and really realized that there are many ways to describe our walks in faith. Although, I felt that lasagna is very fitting and here's why.

1. I am a foodie...it's what I enjoy in life.
   

2. Lasagna has layers.

When you are cooking any recipes you have a plethora of ingredients. Ricotta cheese, meat, sauce, shredded cheese, noodles, and it's all combined to create a delicious recipe. Now I am no Garfield when it comes to this analogy. Lasagna is just the first layered dish that came to mind.

The ingredients themselves aren't always super tasty. I wouldn't say that uncooked noodles are the most delicious thing. Just as in life, we have points in our lives where it doesn't "taste" good. On the other hand, cheese can be often tasteful itself. These are the moments where life is going our way and we enjoy times that make us happy.

Ecclesiastes 3 is one of my favorite chapters that explains this analogy perfectly.

"To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven,

a time to plant and a time to pluck,

a time to break down and a time to build up,

a time to weep and a time to laugh,

a time to gain and a time to lose"

Ecclesiastes 3:1-6

I heard it on "The Salty Podcast" by Devin Cordle (who by the way is such an amazing woman who embodies a faithful servant) and it really stuck with me.

Just as the ingredients on their own don't taste good, when put together and cooked right, it can create a delicious meal. I think that God often thinks this way about our lives.

We are His lasagna.

Let alone combining ingredients, we have to cook the noodles which takes time, and bake the dish. If we combined the ingredients without baking it and served the lasagna on a plate, it would be gross. Cooking any dish takes time. This is our waiting period in life. God often makes us have waiting seasons, which confuse and frustrate us sometimes. But as important as the ingredients, the baking process is just as important. It completes the dish. He uses the waiting season of our lives in order to reveal something, make us listen, pay attention, or even teach us something.

God knows that in order for us to grow in our lives, we must go through the layers of life and the waiting seasons. We must have the highs and lows. We wouldn't learn more about ourselves and what God has in store for us without the happy days and the bad days.

"For there is a time there for every purpose and every work"

Ecclesiastes 3:17

Different layers of life have different purposes. Without them, we wouldn't become like lasagna that has a delicious end result. God knows the big picture, we just have to trust Him, even through all the highs and lows of life.

I hope this encourages you whether you're in a waiting season, a hard season, or a happy season! No matter where you are at in life, remember Ecclesiastes 3♡