What's a grit?

We've all heard the old saying, when life gives you lemons, all together now........yeah, I knew you guys were sharp. But lemons tend to be sour. Life isn't always sour. Sometimes it's just, well, blah. Like a grit. If you're not from the south you need to know that it takes several pieces of a grit to make "grits." And once you make them they're pretty bland unless you know what you're doing. A little salt, a little butter, (yes, butter, not that stuff that's one molecular structure away from being plastic) and voila` you got yourself something worth eating.  Why not take it a step further?  Whoever would have thought to drop a shrimp in a bowl of grits? Aren't you glad for stupidity simplified? It's sort of like "you got chocolate in my peanut butter!"  "no, you got peanut butter in my chocolate!" Anyway, I'm glad someone was bold enough to actually step out and try the first bite. 

I believe that's where most people miss it. Actually settling for second best if you will. Didn't God promise us more than just bland grits? John 10:10 says "I am come that they may have life, and have it more abundantly."

I don't know about you, but I'm tired of settling. Life was given for a purpose and we oftentimes neglect to butter and salt it. We have our pity parties, whoa is me, and it's always looking like rain. Through some very tough circumstances of life dealing some pretty crappy hands, I've always tried to be a "glass half full" kind of guy. But sometimes the strongest of hearts can take a beating. And sometimes you get tired of looking good on the outside. That's why we have to keep focusing upward. And when I say put shrimp in my grits, don't hand me any of those little small cocktail shrimp that take a dozen to fill a spoon. I want shrimp that scream "YEAH BABY!" 

2011 looks promising. But when you're at the bottom, "up" always looks good. Here's to a year of grits. And shrimp.

btw.....please pass the salt