Costco sized bag of spinach

Along with the two bags of frozen spinach I bought at WinCo (which have since been turned into purée), I bought a Costco sized bag of spinach with my roommate.  Needless to say, I have been eating a lot of spinach lately.  I have spinach salads, spinach sandwiches, spinach soup, sautéed spinach, spinach sloppy joes, and even made brownies (two batches) out of my puréed spinach.  If I can find a way to put spinach in it, I will. 

It began as an effort to be healthier, turned into a need to use up my surplus of spinach before it goes bad, and has ended in an actual desire to have spinach in nearly all my foods. 

Like my recent affinity for spinach, which began as a chore, turned into a necessity, and resulted in a genuine “passion” (as much as you can have “passion” for spinach), my faith gone through a similar cycle. 

I remember accepting Christ into my heart out of a desire to be “healthier.”  I wanted to be saved from my sins and God was the answer.  As I grew in my walk with Christ, I began to recognize the need I had for genuine and true faith.  Like I put spinach in everything, Christ suddenly became the necessary ingredient to everything in my life.  As time passed and this became a habit, I noticed a sincere desire to have Christ as the driving force of my life.  I recognized the true goodness it brought.

I like spinach.  I like the way it tastes, I like knowing it provides me with good nutrition, I like that it can easily be added to most meals. 

I’m in love with my Savior.  I find comfort in knowing the salvation He provides is certain and unwavering.  I rejoice in knowing that He has created me with careful thought.  I find peace in knowing that He wills good for my life and watches over me at all times. 

Eventually, I will come to the end of my mammoth sized bag of spinach.  The nutrient-rich, leafy goodness will disappear (and I will probably buy another bag).  But my faith will never run out.  In fact, it has the reverse effect: the more I use and lean upon my faith, the greater it grows. 

“So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness” (Colossians 2:6-7).