April 20, 2023

"My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate." That’s from the indubitable Thornton Wilder. Such good advice, too.

Want the Bible to back it up? “So I commend the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany them in their toil all the days of the life God has given them under the sun.” (Ecclesiastes 8:15)

Like most things in life, this falls under the category of living your given and creaturely life with an abiding trust in God.

“Almighty and everlasting God, you govern all things both in heaven and on earth: Mercifully hear the supplications of your people, and in our time grant us your peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.” (Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany – BCP)