- Soba Noodles with Tofu, Broccoli & Carrots
- Cauliflower and Potato Tacos
- Soba Noodles with Ginger Sweet Scallion Sauce
- our own creative combo to make mostly-Vegan Gyros with
-Trader Joe's Meatless Beef strips
-Tzatziki sauce (with greek seasoning, shredded cucumber & plain greek yogurt or soy yogurt)
-Trader Joe's whole wheat pita bread
-Chloe Coscarelli's Vegan Crispy Orange Tofu with rice (except we just stir fry the tofu in oil instead of deep frying it - it's easier and tastes great)
there you go... you can also follow my weekly recipes on Pinterest
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Restoring Creation
Quite a few months ago I was struck by a revelation...
This is my purpose in life... and dare I say yours as well?
Let me explain further. In reading Tim Keller's study on the Book of Genesis, I came across this idea that he presents saying,"the goal of salvation is nothing less than all of creation regained and restored... We are to use our gifts to heal the hurts and rifts in society, in culture, in nature. We fight disease, unbelief, injustice, hostility between individuals and peoples."I personally love this idea! This is why I love being a physical therapist so much. I have the privilege to help people restore their bodies to the way God created them to be. I am daily provided the opportunity to evaluate, create goals and facilitate the restoration and healing of the physical aspect of individuals. The more I practice as a physical therapist, the more I also understand that one's physical restoration is also very closely linked to their emotional, mental and spiritual restoration. In the words of C.S. Lewis, "But it (Christianity) also thinks that a great many things have gone wrong with the world that God made, and that God insists, and insists very loudly, on our putting them right again." (Mere Christianity)
With this paradigm shift I started thinking about other's daily pursuits of restoring creation. When discussing this idea with my cousin-in-law, Ivy Schlicher, she mentioned that she didn't restore creation in her job as a court reporter. I thought for a mere second and it dawned on me that as a court reporter, she is restoring God's justice by recording and reporting truth so that justice and creation can be restored in truth! (she also takes photographs which is another form of restoration) My husband works for Trees Atlanta which works to restore God's creation in the city with the planting and maintaining of trees. My friends who are stay at home and working moms and dads as well as teachers are restoring God's growing creatures daily by investing in children. This idea can extend to architects, lawyers, medical/health professionals, journalists, and more.
How do you see your roll in restoring creation? Is this not a new and exciting way to look at each day? To know that you have purpose and a calling? You are a part of a larger story beyond yourself. You are an instrument of God, restoring creation.
I was made to restore God's creation.
This is my purpose in life... and dare I say yours as well?
Let me explain further. In reading Tim Keller's study on the Book of Genesis, I came across this idea that he presents saying,"the goal of salvation is nothing less than all of creation regained and restored... We are to use our gifts to heal the hurts and rifts in society, in culture, in nature. We fight disease, unbelief, injustice, hostility between individuals and peoples."I personally love this idea! This is why I love being a physical therapist so much. I have the privilege to help people restore their bodies to the way God created them to be. I am daily provided the opportunity to evaluate, create goals and facilitate the restoration and healing of the physical aspect of individuals. The more I practice as a physical therapist, the more I also understand that one's physical restoration is also very closely linked to their emotional, mental and spiritual restoration. In the words of C.S. Lewis, "But it (Christianity) also thinks that a great many things have gone wrong with the world that God made, and that God insists, and insists very loudly, on our putting them right again." (Mere Christianity)
With this paradigm shift I started thinking about other's daily pursuits of restoring creation. When discussing this idea with my cousin-in-law, Ivy Schlicher, she mentioned that she didn't restore creation in her job as a court reporter. I thought for a mere second and it dawned on me that as a court reporter, she is restoring God's justice by recording and reporting truth so that justice and creation can be restored in truth! (she also takes photographs which is another form of restoration) My husband works for Trees Atlanta which works to restore God's creation in the city with the planting and maintaining of trees. My friends who are stay at home and working moms and dads as well as teachers are restoring God's growing creatures daily by investing in children. This idea can extend to architects, lawyers, medical/health professionals, journalists, and more.
How do you see your roll in restoring creation? Is this not a new and exciting way to look at each day? To know that you have purpose and a calling? You are a part of a larger story beyond yourself. You are an instrument of God, restoring creation.
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