Soccer, Food and Honors Class

I love soccer.  And that’s why I originally wanted to play in college.  But now that I have one year under my belt, I have realized that there is one more very important reason I play collegiate soccer.  You see, for our home games many parents come (aka moms). And those moms, since they have one less child in their home, feel the need to bake.  And let me tell you, tonight was glorious.  One mom brought cookie brownies.  Cookies and brownies are one thing, but put them together and you’ve reached an entire new level.  My taste buds were so confused because they couldn’t figure out what type of food was in my mouth, but oh my gosh, it was amazing.  I think brownies are like the go-to treat to bake because another mom baked us brownies.  These were easily the greatest brownies I have ever had.  So moist and soft (sorry if you hate the word moist, but they were perfect), I thought I had died and gone to heaven.  Literally melted in my mouth. To be honest, I think that the regular brownies were better than the cookie brownies, but hey, I’m not going to complain about free food.

BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE.

On top of the 2000 calories that we all had consumed, it’s one of my teammate’s birthday tomorrow.  Her mother brought us donuts.

Jesus take the wheel.

Thinking about this, I realized that it connected to one of the articles we read for class.  The National Geographic article The Joy of Food simply states “the sharing of food has always been a part of the human story”.  Being on a college team has really shown me that.  Especially during the preseason when there are quite a few players new to the team, my coach makes it a requirement to eat every meal together.  This rule is put in place so that we get to know each other and grow together as a team.  In general, eating a meal together with anyone has the same effect.  Acts 2:46 displays this, “Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts.  They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts.”

I think that we as Christians are called to continue this tradition.  Although nowadays we have busy schedules, we should still try to find time throughout our week to meet with others and share a meal together.  We are not called to walk alone in our faith, and what better way to do that than with food!