“Taste and see” is an odd turn of the phrase. How is tasting
seeing? On the other hand see and taste is not uncommon for someone who is familiar with the culinary arts. I can taste a recipe before I open the
pantry and put a pan on the stove. In the same way we are able to
bless the Lord at all times even when times are less than blessed when we anticipate that one day we will be delivered from all trouble. That is not to say the troubles of the day are
not difficult only that we believe deliverance will be the last word for us which is to say trouble is temporary and delivery is eternal. Even so we do
endure the present in such a way that we don’t look for relief from the here and now terrors
that truly terrify. We would like to taste and see today
even if we have a reserved seat at the promised future feast. More to the point
when we are blessed to experience the angel of the Lord encamped around us we are called to increase
the size of the circle by making every effort to be a refuge and relief for those
who taste only bitter tears and see nothing but suffering.
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