Just One Taste

Psalm 34:8 says, “Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good.” A “taste” isn’t very big, but sometimes, that’s all it takes! One smidgeon of something and you are hooked!

The other week I tasted Blue Bunny Soft Mint Chocolate ice cream for the first time. This is NOT mint chocolate chip! Offered in a transparent container, this is creamy, mint-green ice cream swirled with rich, dreamy chocolate ice cream. My mouth started watering as soon as I saw it in the freezer department at the grocery store. I couldn’t wait to take some home to try.

The first spoonful was just as luscious and tasty as I imagined. If you’ve never had Blue Bunny Soft ice creams you will discover the texture is very similar to Dairy Queen’s soft serve—so smooth and melty. All it took was one taste and I could have eaten the whole container right on the spot.

That’s how my experience with the LORD started, too! In 1977 Dick and I met a couple who truly knew and served the LORD. They had something—a living, day-to-day relationship with Jesus—that we didn’t. All it took was a glimpse, a taste, of that kind of intimate, life-changing faith in God to know we wanted more. And the LORD met that desire.

He always will. If we will just give following Jesus a try, He meets us there in that brief, hesitant moment and our lives are never the same.

The small taste of Blue Bunny Soft Mint Chocolate ice cream changed my preferences in frozen desserts—no big deal. However, the glimpse of a life with Jesus dramatically transformed my idea of what it meant to be a Christian!

Jesus doesn’t ask us to meet certain outlandish criteria before entering our lives. All He asks is that we take a step toward Him, to be open to the possibility of walking alongside Him, to take a taste of the forgiveness and abundant life He offers. We won’t regret it for even a second. We will be hooked for life.

Be encouraged!

©2025 Pamela D. Williams

The Little Way of Evangelism

St. Thérèse of Lisieux was a French Carmelite nun who died in 1897 at the age of 24 from tuberculosis. Though she lived a simple life, cloistered in her convent, her writings reveal an exceptional closeness with God. St. Thérèse lived by Jesus words in Matthew 18:2-4: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”

Based on St. Therese’s life and writing, The Little Way of Evangelism is a means to make everyday life an avenue for sharing the Gospel. It begins by placing our own spiritual journey into God’s hands. Four aspects of it spoke to me:

COME HUMBLY TO GOD AS HIS CHILD. Children try to please their parents, but sometimes they make messes and spills. God isn’t this judgmental figure waiting for us to fail Him. Out of His great love, He sent Jesus to die in our place to gain forgiveness for our wrongdoing and shortcomings. Though we fall, when we repent and begin again, God is pleased. Evangelism begins with our own salvation.

RELY ON GOD. Children do not rely on themselves but instead put their trust in their parents to provide for them. They don’t fret about the future or the past. We can rely on God, giving Him control of every aspect of our lives, including our witness.

PRAY SIMPLY. God is just happy that we try to spend time with Him! Simply and honestly talk with Him. We don’t have to do x, y and z for it to be a good prayer. If we get distracted, keep refocusing. It’s still good! Pray daily for the Holy Spirit to keep our own lives on track and to open doors for evangelism.

BRING GOD INTO THE SMALLEST ACTIONS. St. Thérèse wrote that she tried to put as much love and attention into folding napkins at the dinner table as she would if Jesus Himself was coming to dine with her. God can take every little thing we do, when infused with His great love, and make it an extraordinary opportunity for evangelism.

Be encouraged!

©2025 Pamela D. Williams