About the middle of last week our cook David had to cook up some bacon for the string beans we were having. He cooked up quite a bit so there was leftovers for things like a potato bar. 
Take a look at the picture of one students “loaded” baked potato. Anyway, for the rest of the week we had bacon bits in various forms.
Take a look at the picture of one students “loaded” baked potato. Anyway, for the rest of the week we had bacon bits in various forms. The surprise came on Thursday. Wednesday, David had been talking about when he was a kid, a tradition would be to pop up popcorn in bacon grease and then sit down and listen to the Grand Ole Opry. Now at first popcorn cooked in bacon grease doesn’t sound so appitizing. I’ll admit I wasn’t so sure and neither were some of the students.
David and Barb cooked up some on Thursday and it was wonderful, not real good for you but wonderful. On Friday they cooked up some more, but this time there were bits of bacon in the grease. They put it in a big aluminum bowl. I spooned a handful into my bowl and then David showed me that there were bits at the bottom. UMMMMM! I dished myself another bowl, but instead of just getting what was on top, I dug deep to get the good stuff.
Lesson learned: While the popcorn on the top was just as flavorful as that on the bottom, when I dug deep I received a special reward. How many times is it like that in our Christian life — we settle for what’s easiest and on the top, when we could dig deep and find some special rewards. My challenge from this story is to dig deep for the things of God, you’ll never know what special reward you might find at the bottom.
