What's up guys,
It's been another great week here at Kairos! We are in the final stages of negotiating our Lease in Gardendale so we are all excited about the reality of expansion... and the addition of a small Bakery and Coffee Shop in an awesome community full of wonderful people who are very welcoming to us...
This week we are kicking off the Kairos "Kwick-Hitter" Menu... its designed for those of you who are in a hurry and need a lunch full of delicious goodness in half the time... we are starting it with four different entrees, but if the idea catches on then we will expand it considerably. I need you guys to let me know what you think about it, and I will also need your input about how to make it better. This week I decided to pack it full of your favorites...Cheesy Chicken Baked Ziti, Cheeseburger Ziti, Chicken - Mushroom - Broccoli - Rice Kasserole, and Tomato Basil Baked Ziti as a vegetarian option...
The Specials this week are some of your favorites that I haven't done in a while as well as a few new ones I've dreamed up... The Sante Fe Chicken is a blast from the Kairos Past... I'm not sure why I haven't done this in a while, but who can beat pan seared chicken tenderloins smothered in our cheese sauce, mozzarella, parmesan, and cheddar baked over savory black beans with tomatoes and chiles... The Fish is one of my go-to recipes for salmon: grilled with a strawberry - honey glaze... mmmm... The Soup is Black Bean Soup, another favorite, and just this week I came up with a recipe for Blueberry Cream Kobbler... I just can't stop thinking about how awesome it is gonna taste!
In more ways than one these last few months have been some of the most meaningful of my life. It seems to me that I have finally come to the place where I can truly say that I have given up wanting to get my way, given up trying to make things happen my way, and say to Jesus sincerely "Not my will, but yours..."
Well, you may say that you have already arrived at that place. Awesome. For me though it has truly been a long journey... I have made alot of mistakes, been a rebellious child, done things my own way and refused to listen to voices of reason, and learned a lot of hard, hard lessons. Through all this though I've always known that that I am a person who is loved by God just because He chooses to... not because I have it all together.
Some time ago I read some words on a Church sign that have stuck with me for years... "A Wise Man learns from others mistakes... A Smart Man learns from his own mistakes... A Fool learns from no one." I could always see myself in that middle spot...always making mistakes and yet being able to learn something from them. And it is true that I have learned alot from my mistakes... there are many. And yet, a few years ago I got involved in a situation where I refused to hear the voice of Truth from any of my friends, family, or mentors... I remember being very hurt by the actions of someone else, and this saying from the Church sign came back to me... I immediately began to seek God and I told Him... "God, I don't want to be a smart man anymore... learning from all these mistakes hurts! Can we not shoot for smart anymore, and instead can you make me wise?"
His answer to me was simple... "Yes. If you will listen to Me..." How cool is that? The God of The Universe, El Shaddai, The God who is more than enough, is willing to Mentor me... that really blows my hair back! Not long after that I found a scripture in the book of James that said that if we ask God for His Wisdom he will pour it all over us and won't hold any back... since that time I have learned a whole lot more about life and leadership than I ever could have imagined... I have a sense that where we are headed as a business and as a ministry hinges a lot on that prayer of mine when I was a broken man, ready to give up my own ambitions to follow His ambitions... and Wow! Look at how much better things are turning out for me since I gave up that control! And don't get me wrong, I'm not saying I have arrived... I know I have tons to learn and thousands of areas to be transformed... but my goodness, how awesome is this Peace!
Will you join me on that journey? May we all surrender what we are now for what we can become, and be filled with the Wisdom of the one who hung the Sun and the Moon. God Bless You. Thank You for supporting Kairos, and have a wonderful week!
James K Jones
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