I
recently went out with a friend to check out the new Whole Foods
Market in our neighborhood in Austin, Texas.
We
had always seen the building on our drives back to the apartment, and
always thought of one day checking it out. So after shopping at our
regular supermarket ( HEB) one day we decided to head over to Whole
Foods. We liked it. My friend seemed to be in a hurry, but I seized
the opportunity to check out why this store was so liked by many, and
I knew I would take whole foods, healthy foods, any day over
processed foods. My body deserves it.
A
cereal lover, I checked the cereal section, and I heard my buddy
laugh. I turned to see why he was, and he pointed to a cereal box on
the top shelf. The cereal box read: Ezekiel 4:9.
I
wondered what that meant. I picked it up, and read the label:
“take thou also unto thee wheat, and and barley and beans and
lentils and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make
bread of it...”
I
am a lover of creativity, and a believer in the fact that our Maker, the Lord, has not put the things that are useful to us, the
things that will solve our problems, far from us. We must only be
willing to look. “Open your eyes, and you shall have a lot of bread
” He once said.
I
bought the cereal, and I liked it. I will not say it's particularly great in
taste, but it's good in nutrients, and will advise the makers to make
it a little bit of an easy chew. But the point is made: out of the
unlikeliest places---the Bible---a business sprouted.
(The
makers of that cereal surely have spent a lot of time with the Bible.
How do I know this? That particular scripture is hidden in an old,
old testament book, not a favorite for most readers of the Bible. Dig
deep.)
What
else is around is in the book, or close to us that's hiding a viable
idea?
