Recipe: Fall-Off-The-Bone Slow Cooker Ribs
By Stacey Little
Southern Bite
You know, it’s easy to get caught up in life so much that we lose the perspective of seeing how blessed we each are. Sure, we all have problems, but we each are offered blessings every single day – though they might not come packaged where we can see them as such.
Each day on my way to work, I pass a small church in an urban part of the city that is known to have higher instances of crime and poverty. On Thursdays each week, they have a food pantry set up outside of the church with rows and rows of tables of food. It seems every week that line gets longer and longer. Last week, the line went through the parking lot of the church and down the street a good way. For many, I would imagine this is the only source of groceries to feed their families. While most people look at that as charity or a handout, those people look at it as blessing to be able to fill the stomachs and nourish the bodies of their families. Putting food on the table is a luxury for many, but something so many of us take for granted. We’re concerned with chicken or steak while others are begging for rice.
This weekend, Heather, Jack and I were meandering through the grocery store getting some things we needed. A couple of times Heather and I picked up something, but after a brief discussion about how expensive it was, we put it back – like most families, we’re on a budget. It’s tough to look at something and decide that money is the reason you can’t have it. But in that moment of feeling sorry for myself, I realized that I could be the one standing out in the heat in the long meandering line hoping and praying for the generosity of someone else. Instead, I was pushing a cart around inside an air-conditioned store. Sure, we can’t have it all, but if you’re lucky enough to be able to put food on the table for your family, you’re luckier than 842 million people in this world that go hungry every day. Now that is a blessing.I encourage you to consider helping out where you can. Please make a donation to your local food bank. Every little bit helps.
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