Our Daily Biscuit by Todd Starnes

Author:Todd Starnes
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: N/A
Publisher: Post Hill Press
Published: 2021-04-08T00:00:00+00:00

A Southern mom planned a trip with some friends. They loaded their luggage in the car, drove down the driveway, and were almost out to the road for their fun weekend when the teenage daughter came racing across the yard frantically waving at them. “Wait! Wait!” They stopped the car, and when they rolled the window down, the teen said, “Momma, just in case something happens to you while you’re gone, did you write the biscuit recipe down?”

Yes, folks, we take our biscuits seriously in the South. Whether topped with gravy, butter and jelly, honey, or with a piece of chicken or sausage tucked into the fluffy perfection, it’s hard to find better eating. Well, unless one turns the dough into fried pies, sausage balls, or chicken and dumplings.

And, for the record, few self-respecting Southern women would ever use those whop-’em biscuits to serve with Sunday dinner. For those of you who ain’t from around here, whop-’em biscuits are those canned biscuits in the dairy case—the ones where you whop the can on the counter and dough comes plopping out. Sweet mercy.

Sometimes it’s the men in the family who bake the biscuits. My uncle was famous for the cat-head-sized ones he served with breakfast, and my son’s biscuits are way better than the ones I make.

Many Southern kitchens have hosted scenes with one generation teaching the next the ins and outs of biscuit prep. And often, besides receiving the family biscuit recipe, a granddaughter or grandson is blessed to inherit their grandmother’s rolling pin, measuring cup, or biscuit cutter.

A perfectly made biscuit is worthy of a moment of silence. And that’s exactly what happens when the family gathers around the table and dives into the fluffy perfection. There’s an art to making biscuits. The right ingredients. The right temperature. And just the right amount of time handling the dough.

Biscuit-making is a lot like our daily lives as Christians. God knows just what circumstances and challenges we need each day to make us become what He desires for us to be. Some days are easy, like a relaxing day on the porch swing with a soft breeze blowing. And then at other times, our spiritual journey can feel like we’ve been placed into the fire of affliction. Shucks, just ask Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. They can tell you all about that. But the good news is that God doesn’t just leave us there. He knows exactly what we need.

Sometimes God makes us wait for things and we become impatient, wondering why He isn’t answering our prayers—but just as a biscuit baker knows how long to handle the dough, He knows how to handle all the details of our lives. We just need to leave ourselves in His oh-so-capable hands instead of taking things into our own hands. Because nobody likes a crumbly or tough biscuit…or a crumbly or tough Christian.

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