Mmm-mm, Not So Good

  "She looketh well to the ways of her household..." Proverbs 31:27a


I've never been very good at putting my goals down on paper, or one to make New Year's resolutions for that matter.  Not sure why, never really thought about it.  I do have a little something I'd like to work on though, and it just so happens to come to my attention at the beginning of this new year. 


One area I lack inspiration in is the kitchen.  Oh, sure, my family is fed, and occasionally I'll get a 'this is pretty good' out of one of them. Oo-oo and the other day dh said my fried chicken tenders were better than chicken place in town!  Apparently, I've made some improvement over the years.  But then there have been times I've had to scrap whole meals because the meat was burnt - or the oven catches fire.  Maybe I had forgotten didn't have an ingredient because no forethought was put into the meals for the week.  Perhaps the meal was just meat and a veggie with no particular taste to it.  Dh jokes that he survives on cereal.  He's in a habit of eating a bowl every night before bed.  I take it good naturedly, and he loves me just the same; but there is obvious room for improvement in the meal department.  


I want to "look well to the ways of my kitchen."  


I do enjoy baking and am pretty good at it, but it's the meal times that are particularly lacking.  I definitely think attitude plays into it. It's hard to get passionate about something that you aren't all that good at.  And sometimes I see it as no more than an interruption to my day.  "What?  I have to stop what I'm doing and feed these people?"  Seems very selfish now that it's typed out in black and white. But that's the truth.  Not all the time, but often enough.   


I know providing meals for my family is part of my ministry here on this earth.  God created me to keep this home -  and that includes the kitchen part!  


I am purposing to change my attitude when it comes to preparing meals for my family.  I need to see it as the ministry, the privilege, that it is.  Be thankful for the family I have and the opportunity to show love by cooking good food for them.  No, I may not have a natural bent for cooking, but I need to seek out resources that will inspire me to try harder and find the joy in cooking.  (anybody have any good links? or resources?)  Maybe the old saying "you get out of it what you put into it" will apply.  I may never be a gourmet chef, but it's more about the attitude anyway.  
  
So that's my resolution that I'm not really setting or putting down on paper.  Or did I just do that?!  :-)