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Faith worth more than Gold!


In the restaurant I work in we have a lot of things we do that reflect the Ethiopian Culture, well of course it should after all it’s an Ethiopian restaurant! One of the things we have is the Ethiopian coffee ceremony. Sounds interesting eh, well it is. I am not going to talk about coffee so you can relax now! When people order a coffee ceremony it has things it comes with. We serve coffee ( well duuhhhh Rodas it’s a coffee ceremony) , popcorn (I promise its actually served with popcorn even in Ethiopia) and incense (particularly frankincense, and it smells amazing.. you do know it was one of the gifts the wise men took to Jesus when He was born right?). For the incense to be served we first need to burn charcoal and put it on a special thing we call “etan machesha” (it’s something u burn the incense on, I don’t know if there is an English term for it that is why I brought in my Amharic for assistance :D). What I noticed after setting up this coffee ceremony plenty times is the fact that the longer the charcoal stayed in the fire the stronger the aroma of the frankincense!
There is a verse in 1 Peter that very much goes with the theory of the charcoal. “These have come so that your faith--of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire--may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.” 1 Peter 1:7. Have you ever felt like you have been in the heat for too long, or that your trials have been coming at you one after the other and they seem to be giving you no break what so ever ???? Been there done that, but what I didn’t know before was that my trials were for my own good, it was/is to strengthen my faith. It is to make me a stronger person/Christian! Do you now see that for the frankincense to have a stronger effect the charcoal must burn longer? The longer our trails the sweeter our walk with God, the stronger our faith! So today I encourage you to stay strong and Praise God always. “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,whenever you face trials of many kinds,” James 1:2
Note:
  • Your faith is worth more than gold, so how much more does it need to be purified ?!
  • Don’t be discouraged, in fact be encouraged that when trails come our way they are for our own benefit

Stay Blessed<3

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