What’s up Kairos Fans,
We have been busy as little ants here at Kairos Kafe! So much is going on right now and it amazes me that we are able to balance Special Events, Wedding Rehearsal Dinner and Receptions, the new Kairos in Gardendale Project, and to top that we are breaking sales records here at the Kafe! I was thinking today “It is so good to be loved by so many of you.” Thank you for helping the dream of Kairos continue to be a reality!
The Pimento Cheeseburger continues to receive rave reviews so that’s the special for this week. I actually had one guy ask to buy just the pimento cheese to take home! That really made me feel good! The Fish is Grilled Salmon with a scrumptious honeymustard glaze, and the veggie is a Kairos Summertime favorite, Tomato and Watermelon Salad. If you haven’t tried this delectable treat I encourage you to do so… I always have people tell me that it sounds funny, but once they eat it then they are believers! The Soups are Black Bean (one of my favorites) and our Chicken Noodle Soup that is sure to please. The Noodles are what makes it unique because I found a neat trick… I generally don’t like Chicken Noodle because I don’t like the texture of mushy noodles, but with this one I actually crisp up the noodles on the grill before adding it to the delicious broth and it really makes this one a winner! We have also come up with a new dessert to add to our repertoire… Kairos Pineapple Kobbler! It is so good and it will probably irritate my Granny because it tastes as good as her pineapple upside down cake (She is well known for these and for some reason I can’t make mine taste as good as hers so I gave up trying a few years ago) The recipe for this actually came about as the result of a refrigerator acting up and freezing our veggies and fruits… once that happens there is not much you can do about it, so instead of throwing away a frostbitten pineapple I had Branden chop it up so I could cook it and add it to our sweet and sour sauce. As I was cooking it in a sauté pan I started smelling a wonderful aroma of delicious pineapple goodness, so I switched gears, added some butter and brown sugar, and tested it out in Kobbler form… it was so good we all shouted! And in an odd way it tasted like my Granny’s Pineapple Upside Down Cake so that was an added bonus! I hope you guys love it, too! I told my Staff that Kairos should start it’s own line of Kobbler’s because of all the unique and delicious ones that keep coming out of our kitchen!
One night last week I was working late at Kairos, listening to my Ipod and doing what I love the most: Cooking. As I have shared the last few weeks, it seems like I have been going through some fiery trials here lately and some of them have caught me by surprise. As I was working a song came on that had these words… “Prison gates won't open up for me…
On these hands and knees I'm crawlin'
… Oh, I reach for you…
Well I'm terrified of these four walls
…These iron bars can't hold my soul in…
All I need is you…Come please I'm callin'
…”
Its funny how songs can take you back… this song took me right back to the moment 15 years ago that I gave up and allowed Jesus to save me... I was a mess, in a mess... but He worked an awesome miracle right there in that dark, stanky, ugly jail cell in Montgomery, Alabama. I knew immediately when I surrendered to Him that something changed. My circumstances didn’t change immediately but something else did. My Heart. It happened on the inside of me, internally, and from that moment forward I knew a Peace that was unexplainable and yet undeniable. From the moment that I cried out to Him he began speaking to me, Peace to my Storms, Faith to my Fears, Joy to my sadness, and Healing to all the things that hurt inside me. Amazing Grace Indeed.
As I thought on these things all my current obstacles seemed to fade away because they look so small when I see them from His perspective. If God can do what He did in me, for me, and through me what He has done over the past fifteen years then my mind cannot even fathom how awesome the next 15 years are gonna be. I told Him right there that I was changing my mind about worrying about the things ahead of me, and once again He spoke Peace to my heart and I know that He has everything under control. It made me realize that there is no obstacle too big for Him to handle, so why not just trust HIM...
When I left that evening I made a post on Facebook about the Grace of God in my life over the past 15 years… as I was driving home the thought struck me “Did I say that right? Has it really been 15 years?” … I began to count in my head and grabbed by phone to look at the date… July 18th … 15 years exactly. To the Date. That really blew my mind because I will never forget July the 18th 1996 because it was the day that I was born anew!
May we all be a people who will not only experience that Peace that cannot be explained or taken away… may we also be a people who will never forget just how far that God has brought us.
God Bless You! Thank you for supporting Kairos! and have a wonderful week.
James K Jones
“Show me what it's like
to be the last one standing…
teach me wrong from right…
and I'll show you what I can be…” Savin’ Me - Nickelback
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