Taste and See

"Taste and see the goodness of the Lord."

When Taylor was an infant, we would spoon feed her and have to tell her everything we were putting in her mouth. Imagine if you will, being force fed food having absolutely no clue what was going in your mouth. Sometimes, well oftentimes, she would spit out the food entirely no matter where we were. Other times, she would suffer through a mouthful, and still others, she would endure a few more bites or even ask for more.

It was never "fair" when we didn't tell her what was coming her way or when. We'd expect her to just open up and taste it all. Again, the same reactions...great, horrible, or maybe I'll try it again. The worst was when we were in a hurry and trying to make her eat quickly, chew quickly, swallow quickly, or I'm ashamed to admit...give another bite before she was even finished with the previous one.

It struck me one day that many non-Christians probably feel this way about Christianity. (It helps that I've read unChristian, a book about the non-Christian's perspective on Christians and Christianity.) We are so passionate about what we love and want everyone to experience it as well. We can try to force feed too much too fast. We can keep forcing the same "dining choices." Or we can keep trying a little bit at a time and see how it's "digested." We might even hear after our message is "spit out," that later the same message had been received. I think we need to be conscientious about who we're asking to "Taste and See" and what the response is. We can never give up, but we do need to be aware.