We have a vegetarian family member who happens to love bacon. Who doesn’t like it? The humble breakfast food, made from pork bellies, is enjoying a crazy run of popularity these days. You can buy bacon-flavored soda. Or bacon gumballs. Bacon soap. Bacon chocolate bars. Baconnaise spread. Bacon air freshener for your car. Bacon lollipops.
In Utah, they’re talking about bacon donuts.
Something’s funny, though, about baconmania:
Most of the “bacon” products–the soda, the lip balm, the bacon popcorn–don’t contain any real bacon. They’re just flavored to remind us of it.
A baconophile could embrace bacon all day long, wearing bacon socks, cleaning his teeth with bacon floss, and never taste real bacon. If you happen to be a bacon-loving vegetarian, this state of affairs is handy. I doubt there’s great harm in fake bacony goodness.
8 O taste and see that the LORD is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him! 9 O fear the LORD, you His saints; For to those who fear Him there is no want. 10 The young lions do lack and suffer hunger; But they who seek the LORD shall not be in want of any good thing.
Psalm 34:8-10 (NASB)
Yes!
Let me know Him not just know about Him.
Let me taste fully Who He Was, Is and Will Be
Love this, Sheila – and the one about the socks! Those evacuation times are awful – so disorienting and scary. We had two in one year and that was enough for a lifetime. So glad your home made it through that bout!
And this bacon stuff? Great analogy. Sometimes I feel overwhelmed by all the kitschy stuff that's out there, purportedly to help us grow (??) in our faith when in reality it's just another way for somebody to make a quick buck. Seems so far from the cross-shaped life we're called to live, doesn't it? But then, I imagine I could find ways to sneak around God's voice even without the kitsch. That is a constant prayer – keep me open, keep me honest, remind me who you are and who I'm not. Thanks for this.
Karin,
You said it better than I did:
"Let me know Him and not just about Him."
Thank you. Bless you.
Diana,
Yes…the evacuations are scary. It's that time of year again. So far so good.
Sometimes I think it's more complex than the "quick buck" idea. If the gifts God gave one lead that one to t-shirt design and sales, what is one to do? I was just peeking at the website for NOTW. They run a ministry, too.
You are amazing. You found a way to combine Bacon and Jesus.
David, you're too kind.
Some people say bacon goes with everything.
I think Jesus goes with everything.