What’s up Kairos Fans,
It has been an awesome week around here! We are signing our Lease on the Gardendale location and getting ready to clean that place up, make it look like a Kairos, and get busy feeding a bunch of new people. I am really overwhelmed by the outpouring of hospitality from all the folks up there, and it really amazes me. Today I was talking with a lady who has lived there all her life and she said “...I just want you to know that you are breathing new life into Gardendale.” So, I said “Well, it’s just a restaurant...” but who knows what God has in store for us once we get that rolling!
I received a vast number of good reviews last week about the Chicken Caesar Salad, so that will be the Special again this week. One lady sent me this e-mail that really made me smile...
“James, we were just in for lunch today and I went out on that proverbial limb and had your special Caesar salad! It is awesome I must say! I loved it and I think you should definitely add it to your everyday menu! To me other than the Krackle, it's one of the best items I have eaten. It was quite tasty! ” Brenda Reid
The Fish is a Kairos Fave, the Greek Style Tilapia smothered in Feta Cheese, Green Onions, and a light vinaigrette. I love to smell this Fish baking in the oven...it smells like heaven! The Soup is my version of Chicken and Rice but it adds mushrooms and broccoli to liven things up! Definitely a winner! The Veggie is one of my first original recipes at Kairos that caused a big buzz... Watermelon and Tomato Salad! Please don’t knock it until you try it... it is full of delicious goodness and a perfect side dish now that the weather is warming up... The Birmingham News gave it two thumbs up! And I can’t seem to make enough of the Lemon Dream Kobbler, so that will be the dessert.
The Kairos Kwick Menu sure has been going over well with all of you. This week it will feature The Chicken, Mushroom, Broccoli, and Rice Kasserole as well as Poppyseed Chicken Kasserole ... mmm mmm good! It also has two awesome Ziti dishes on there as well! I hope you enjoy.
This I recall to mind, therefore I have Hope. His mercies are new every morning... Every week I always try to share something that will both challenge and encourage you guys, and actually this part of my week has become a very special time for me. Last night I was having dinner with some very good friends, and the topic of conversation was how we sometimes put God in a box, and expect him to do things just like we want him to them, and then when he doesn’t we get confused because he jumped out of our little box that we made for Him. It’s really funny if you think about it, as if I could construct a box that would hold the Creator of the Universe! And yet, if I am honest, I have tried to do that time and time again...
The Good News is that I know that Jesus loves me, and I am allowing Him to teach me and train me to learn how to follow Him. And because He loves me and wants the best for me, I have learned that He is willing to be patient with me even if I may be looking at things from a different perspective. The thing that really amazes me though, is that He always seems to bring me to that place where I learn to want what He wants me to have... it’s really hard to do that though if I try to put him into a box... When I read in the New Testament, it’s always interesting to me that the religious leaders of the day had God in such a tight little box that when He stood before them in the flesh, they didn’t recognize Him or even know what to do with Him. I can see them running around... “He got out of His box and He’s running around here cutting up! What do we do now??”
I know that I felt like that many times over the last fifteen years... recently I decided “James, what is the use of trying to figure everything out and have every little thing fit into neat little compartments when Jesus may show up and just mess all of it up?”
Biblical Faith is built upon unanswered questions. I don’t know what’s gonna be happening next, but I know the One who holds it all in His hands, so why the temptation to worry and analyze every little thing? I think it’s because then I feel like I am in control. But am I really?
I am thankful that God is faithful even when I am faithless, or stuck into reasoning everything out. This I recall to mind...His Mercies are new every morning, and each day is another opportunity to run to Him. That is why I am full of Hope. I may not know when, why, how, or why. But He always takes care of me and His plan is always better than mine. Thank you Jesus for your Faithfulness in the plan you have for my life.
May we all be a people who will give up any cool little boxes that we have built, or that we’ve allowed others to build, and abandon ourselves to a relationship with Jesus that causes all the boxes to be torn down! God bless you, thank you for supporting Kairos, and have a great week!
James K Jones
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