“Life is like an onion: you peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.”
~ Carl Sandburg
Tears started flowing. As I removed my eyeglasses and started squinting my eyes from the burn I felt immediately after. I started feeling better yesterday, Thursday. No more nagging cough. No more box of tissues nearby.
“Why don’t you rest?” queried my hubby.
“Because you know me, I can’t sit around.”
He was concerned because I never rested the entire week that I was sick. I had been thanking God for giving me the strength that He sustained me with. That I was able to clean, cook, wash dirty clothes.
I always try to make something early for dinner. I made a sour broth with the beef I had in the freezer. Because it was easy to make. Just chop up tomatoes, onions and added the veggies I had in the freezer. I didn’t want to waste any.I wanted to use the lemons I bought the other day.
I was chopping up those onions when I felt the stinging, tangy scent that wafted under my nostrils. I was thankful it didn’t become a “crying fest”.
Onions remind me of us. How we all look different. How some can produce mild or others, strong aromas. Same aromas that give the taste or flavor of what is being cooked.
“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”
~ 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 [NIV]
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I love you sis, so happy that you are feeling better. Prayers continue for you always.
ReplyDeleteOh Rosel! First of all I am glad you are feeling better! You are alot like one of my friends...she won't stop for ANYTHING!! :)
ReplyDeleteOh Gosh !!! This video is soooo true. I have to say that when I learned this lesson it was sooo hard to be peeled and then to learn it came in LAYERS??
Sometimes it was REALLY STINKY while others just plain painful but no matter what came off it was ALWAYS for the best and continues to be that way! I just told DH the other day.."we must be getting through yet another layer....HOW many could there possibly be???" He just smiled at me and said "It is ok (as he held me tight and continued on) ~ as many as the Lord needs to remove ~that is how many there are!"
Thank goodness HE loves us more than to leave us the way we are!!
Have a blessed weekend Rosel. Love you
I love that onion video. Where do you find these. Glad you are feeling a bit better Rosel. Great post. Blessings.
ReplyDeleteOh, what onion might I be. :) Love the video!
ReplyDeleteGlad your doing better.
Tammy
Glad you are feeling better. I am amazed how you look at things. Good post.
ReplyDeleteGlad you are recovering. And really liked the discussion of the onion, and the opening quote. I don't do well peeling onions, usually, but I do love to eat them.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the nice comments about the deer antlers.
wb
I loved the Carl Sandburg quote. So very true. Glad you are feeling better.
ReplyDeleteGreat minds think alike! I was reading your blog as you were leaving a message on mine :) Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a nice weekend, too. Glad you are feeling better :)
ReplyDeleteOh, I love this. I will remember the video next time I cut an onion!
ReplyDeleteThanks - this is such a great post! Glad you're feeling better and praying for continued health for you.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful. Great post my friend.
ReplyDeleteGlad you are fine now. Enjoy your weekend.
xo
Oh how true is the video. The first two removals : roots and crown are SO necessary. Then our precious Lord can work on steadily peeling away the outer layers. I followed your link through Regina's post and am so glad I did. Pleased to meet you, Sister - in - Christ. I am following your blog now. I pray for your continued healing and well-ness. Blessings Jo PS: Your hubby is right: rest a bit.
ReplyDeleteWhoa!!! love this video. Really cool. Feel better ok. PRaying for you. And know Rosel...as always...you inspire me.
ReplyDeleteI love to eat onions when they are cooked in other foods but raw onions give me the creeps and make me cry. Mrs. Geezer is the designated onion peeler in our family.
ReplyDeleteHi Rosel,
ReplyDeleteGlad you're feeling better. Thank you for sharing the analogy and the video about the onion. You're always an inspiration! Have a beautiful weekend.
Blessings,
Sandi
I'm so glad your feeling better. What a great analogy of a onion. I will never look at a onion the same.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Ginger
Lucky for me I wear contacts so have no trouble at all cutting onions. Before that I always put them in a zip-lock bag. The knife cuts the onion but surprisingly the bag stays almost totally in tact.
ReplyDeleteLove the video and yes, I too, will remember His body, all varieties, just like the onions.
Great post. Thank you.
I love the way God is speaking to us all the time if we will but open our eyes and ears to see and hear. Thanks for sharing this with us.
ReplyDeleteHow interesting. I love the onion video. I love onions. We eat them all the time. I find the sweet onions don't make me cry. Maybe like "sweet" people? Sometimes I buy what I think is a sweet onion and when I cut into it and eat it, I find it is very strong. I had never thought about it before, but I guess onions are a lot like people. Thanks for sharing and I'm glad you're feeling better.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Charlotte
Great video, Rosel! Never would have thought of this analogy. As Charlotte pointed out, looks can be deceiving, but thankfully God knows and looks upon our hearts.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Joan
Hope you get to feeling better. Thanks for your kind words that are always encouraging to me.
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting video. I never thought much about this before in regards to our Christian lives.. Thanks for sharing it!
ReplyDeleteLove that quote! So True!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you are feeling better, Dear. That was a neat post. I loved what you said about the aromas. Blessings ~
ReplyDeleteA great post! The video and post about onions is very thought provoking.
ReplyDeleteGlad you feel better. Have a blessed Sunday.
Nice analogy. Sorry to hear you were feeling sick. I did not know. Glad you are feeling better now. (Onions also keep us healthy!)
ReplyDeleteI love onions and I appreciate the lessons you brought out in this post today. I too am glad that you are feeling better. I pray that you have a great week.
ReplyDeleteRosel,
ReplyDeleteYou always come up with the neatest videos - I just love this one of the onion! It is so true! I'm glad you're recovering from that "bug."
Blessings,
Jean
Wonderful lesson & illustration ! I 'm glad you are better . So sweet of your husband to be concerned , rest does help the body heal .
ReplyDeleteLove in Christ,
~Myrna