What an awesome week it has been at Kairos Kafe! I am so excited that I feel like I need to pinch myself! The Birmingham News did an article on us for their North Birmingham edition and it has really stirred up a whole lot of excitement in a whole lot of folks!
On Wednesday Jeremy, My Dad, and I went up to Gardendale to have a tour of the City by Mayor Othell Phillips. It was such an honor to be shown around by the Mayor himself! How cool is that? I really loved all the people up there and all the options available to us were very encouraging. We looked at a ton of places and have it narrowed down to two locations, so please pray for us that we will have Wisdom.
This week we have been really busy with Valentine's, and Kairos has been rocking and rolling so it has been an awesome week! The Specials have been so popular that I didn't change much on them for this coming week.
The Greek Style Tilapia is something that we may have to add to the permanent menu because it has been so good. There is something about the smell of it coming out of the oven that is so good that it almost makes me cry! I had this fish for lunch on friday and I was just amazed at how good it was! Something about that combination of a tangy vinaigrette with the creamy salty goodness of baked feta and just a touch of green onions on that Tilapia makes me think we hit the jackpot!
The Southern Fried Broccoli has gotten it's fair share of rave reviews as well. Last week I received several e-mails asking me to keep it on the menu, so I am working on it! The Cream of Potato Soup is always a winner and the Cheesy Chicken Baked Ziti is the perfect thing to warm you up and comfort you on a cold day!
The Butterfinger cupcakes are also hard to resist! I love those little pillows of delicious goodness!
We are almost packed out for Valentine's Dinner and I am very excited that we are gonna have a special evening here at Kairos Kafe. I love cooking for Valentine's and I love making it special for you guys. I think the 6:00 seatings are sold out, but we still have some left on the 8:00 seating. Just holler at me if you need some last minute reservations.
These last few weeks have been overwhelming for me in a good way. I feel as if I have been overwhelmed with blessings, good reviews, great reports from my customers, etc. The public outcry for Kairos to make our second home in Gardendale has been one of the greatest compliments that anyone could ever give to me or to my staff, and I thank all of you for being a part of that.
Sometimes for me when things are going so well I often get this thought: "What is gonna happen to mess everything up because surely things won't always be this great..."
When I find myself in that place, thinking those kind of negative thoughts then pretty soon I have found something to worry about, or something to be afraid of, or something to analyze and figure out why it can't work instead of just looking to the future with Joy and Hope...
When I find myself in those scenarios it almost always causes one thing to happen to me. I Freeze and stop dead in my tracks... The 6 months leading up to the opening Kairos and the first year and a half following that were filled with this very pattern, and in alot of ways I was not able to enjoy the exciting things about opening my first place... it was almost ruined for me by all that stuff!
Now that we are on the eve of opening up our second location I find myself to be filled with much more peace, and alot more excitement than the first time around and I am so joyful about this opportunity to take the next step. I actually surprised myself during the first few days of discussions because I felt so settled about it and had such a sense of purpose. Its just awesome.
Then, that pressure started creeping up on me again...that dread that colored almost two years of my life started hanging on me like a heavy, wet quilt... I wondered what was going on and I began to feel unsure of myself, frozen, and ready to stop dead in my tracks...
After praying just a little bit one thing became very clear to me... I have an enemy, and that enemy does not want me to succeed, or to be the Man that God created to be, or to do the things that God created me to do!
You see, before I thought it was just me... but after going through that process and almost being totalled by it, I'm not interested in going through that again, so I got loud, and I told him so! I am reminded of the words of the Apostle Paul when he told the early Church that we are in War! But that war is not against other people, but against our spiritual enemy who will try to attack us and stop us anytime we begin to advance the Kingdom of God and to be everything He created us to be!
I am also reminded that Paul also said that our weapons are not physical weapons... guns, grenades, and atom bombs, but simple spiritual weapons that tear down the strongholds in our minds... I can only be defeated if I believe lies in my mind and refuse to be and do all that God has created me for... its really that simple. The battle, it seems, is always in my mind and in the way that I look at things! Thank God that I learned that through the first experience so that now I don't have to allow it in the opening of our second Kairos Kafe!
May we all be a people who will realize that our enemy will always be out there roaring at us like a fierce lion anytime we take a step forward...and yet realize that the battle is in our mind, in our perception, and allow God to saturate us with His Truth that we, as a people, can do all the things that God dreams for us to do, through Jesus Christ, who pulled the teeth out of that old Lion so that all he has is that empty roar thats not even real...
Happy Valentine's, God Bless You, Thank You for supporting Kairos, and have a wonderful week!
8:00 Reservations still have a few open slots_ call 205-251-3101 or e-mail James@KairosKatering.com
James K Jones
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