Personal assumptions challenged.....
Dec. 23rd, 2011 03:07 amPeople who uninvited profess their fervent Christianity make me nervous. I often find myself waiting for the next shoe to drop, the 'love the sinner, hate the sin' attitude so many have. The sports figure who drops to his knee and credits Jesus for the win, then does nothing truly compassionate (think good Samaritan).
Nite before last I couldn't sleep and turned on "Chopped". For any who haven't seen it it's a cooking competion where each week 4 food professionals are asked to create a 3 course meal using an usual array of mandatory surprise ingredients; at thend of each course, one chef is chopped.
Well, the two who made it to dessert the other night where a young Frenchwoman desperate to win, wanting to use the prize money to return to Europe to see the aged grandmother who raised her, versus a born-again chef who runs the food service at a X-tian camp. In the entre round the woman badly scalded both her legs, but managed to hold on, presenting something superb, despite her injury.
The judges handed the win to the X-tian guy after the dessert, & he in turn with much humility, accept the award, then turned to the young woman and told her he had not expected to win, so he was not counting on the money. She needed it more so he was giving it to her, to go home to see her grandmother.
I did not see that coming, but at the holiday seasion it was something I needed to see. His act of kindness was so refreshingly reassuring, it made me look at him in a new light. I'm grateful for once to have had my negative assumptions challanged.
Nite before last I couldn't sleep and turned on "Chopped". For any who haven't seen it it's a cooking competion where each week 4 food professionals are asked to create a 3 course meal using an usual array of mandatory surprise ingredients; at thend of each course, one chef is chopped.
Well, the two who made it to dessert the other night where a young Frenchwoman desperate to win, wanting to use the prize money to return to Europe to see the aged grandmother who raised her, versus a born-again chef who runs the food service at a X-tian camp. In the entre round the woman badly scalded both her legs, but managed to hold on, presenting something superb, despite her injury.
The judges handed the win to the X-tian guy after the dessert, & he in turn with much humility, accept the award, then turned to the young woman and told her he had not expected to win, so he was not counting on the money. She needed it more so he was giving it to her, to go home to see her grandmother.
I did not see that coming, but at the holiday seasion it was something I needed to see. His act of kindness was so refreshingly reassuring, it made me look at him in a new light. I'm grateful for once to have had my negative assumptions challanged.