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Cooking Idea for Deborah and Jael: 

Posted by member Alison Hild

I had our "Daily Bread Kitchen" section on our rotation and focused on the recurring theme -- bad things happen when we turn away from God and sin, but God loves us anyway. And, the people he sends to save us are often "unexpected" -- in this case two women, Deborah and Jael.

Deborah means "Bee."
 
Jael means "Mountain Goat" (referencing the Goat's milk she fed Sisera).

I linked the meaning of their names back to Exodus and "the land flowing with milk and honey" which the Judges were trying to help settle and keep the peace in. So we made tea with milk & honey and an appetizer with crackers and a little bit of cheese and honey  (I used goat cheese). 
On a related note, in Psalm 23 the Shepherd leads his flock to sit at a table in the presence (with) their enemies. It's a peace table, or in modern phrasing, "a peace offering."  So as we ate the "Deborah and Jael" foods, we also talked about simple gestures we could make in different situations to show kindness, forgiveness and our desire for peace/friendship with someone we are arguing/fighting with.
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