come dine with me

Come Dine With Me is a Channel 4 television programme shown in the United Kingdom, first broadcast in January 2005. The show has either four or five amateur chefs competing against each other hosting a dinner party for the other contestants. Each competitor then rates the host's performance with the winner winning a £1,000 cash prize.

Each dining host will be rated or JUDGED by all the guest from 1 to 10.. whoever gets to be entertained with a perfect dinner party will of course gets a highest judgement and only one shall win..

I wonder if this is the same when the judgement day comes.. WE all know we are not made for this earth.. so when judgement comes when we die or if we get the chance to witness the second coming of Christ.. There's only one who gets to JUDGE you by the way you have lived your life on this earth... Jesus always remind us there is no way to get to the 'PRIZE' of having an eternal life but only THRU JESUS CHRIST..

However as far as my learnings about the GRACIOUS LOVE OF GOD.. Judgement is such a crucial word to use.. especially if you mention it to unbelievers.. they will tend to see GOD as a PUNISHER.. and not a LOVER OF YOUR SOUL.. So i need to rephrase it by saying..

JESUS DOESNT LOOK AT THE DINING PREPARATIONS AND ALL.. BUT IN YOUR HEART.. HE LOVES YOU BEFORE YOU LOOK AT HIM AND PREPARE YOURSELF FOR HIM.. HE ALREADY TREATED YOU FINELY WITH BLESSINGS, BEFORE YOU PREPARE A GIFT FOR HIM.. HE DIDNT COME ON THIS EARTH TO SEE HOW GOOD YOU ARE IN COOKING, BUT HE CAME BECAUSE YOU ARE A BAD COOK, BAD HOST AND A BAD SPEAKER.. HE CAME TO REDEEM AND CARRY OUT THE BURDENS OF ALL YOUR PREPARATIONS..

However, there is something that we should know... OUR RESPONSE... The series, come dine with me, also shows how bitterness of another person to see an enviousness, covetousness and jealousy once the contestants feels that another is BETTER than what he prepared..

NOTHING IN THIS WORLD SEEMS TO LAST LONGER.. or EVER BE SATISFYING TO US... so WHEN JESUS REDEEM US AND SAVED US FROM ALL THE BURDENS OF BEING A BAD HOST OF A PARTY (our lives), WE TEND TO LOOK AT OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES AND GET JEALOUS WHY HE GETS MORE PREPARATIONS THAN OURS.. ARGH.. WHY JESUS HAD MORE FOOD IN PLACED THAN WHAT I HAVE IN MY TABLE.. WHY JESUS HAD EVEN FLOWERS AND ALL THOSE SORTS PREPARED FOR HIM/HER THAN WHAT HE DID TO MINE.. OR WHY HE GIVES MORE TO ME THAN OTHERS.. ARGH.. such a real deceiver i guess.. however, thats easy to understand for me, because we are really sinners (bad cook for that matter).. this is WHY JESUS CAME FOR US BECAUSE GOD KNOWS WHAT WE NEED.. WE JUST NEED TO ACCEPT THAT WHAT WE HAVE ARE MERELY GIFTS THAT ARE INTENDED FOR US AND NOTHING ELSE.. CONTENTMENT IS THE REAL ANSWER AND IF WE TRULY AND DEEPLY HONOR GOD'S WILL IN OUR LIVES, WE WILL KNOW HOW TO ANSWER OUR SINFUL NATURE OF GREED, COVETOUSNESS, ENVIOUSNESS AND OTHERS..

It is only through the loving support of the HOLY SPIRIT that we can truly SEE JESUS' WAYS, TRUTHS AND LIFE.. oNLY through HIM you will then see the beauty of HIS DINING PREPARATIONS on your table..

let's look at the series and relate some more.. :-)