Molasses, Seaweed, and the Love We Almost Miss: Give this combo a try, won't you?
Let’s talk about molasses. Not the cute drizzle on pancakes. I mean the thick, dark, sticky kind. The kind that moves slow. The kind you don’t reach for unless you mean it. And seaweed? The kind that washes up on shore. Tangled. Slimy. Smells like something you’d rather step around. Be honest. If both were sitting in front of you, would you choose either one? Or would you go looking for something sweeter, cleaner, easier? Here’s the tension. Molasses is what’s left after sugar has been refined. It’s dense. Unfiltered. Full of minerals. It binds ingredients together. Without it, certain recipes fall apart. Seaweed may smell strong on the beach, but underwater it’s oxygenating ecosystems, feeding marine life, stabilizing coastlines. What looks messy is sustaining life. Now let’s pivot. What if we treat God the same way we treat molasses and seaweed? We want the sweet version. The fast answer. The comfortable blessing. The luxury package. But what if depth is what actually sustains ...