Mom's German Burrito

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I held it in my hand, examining it.  I turned it over once, not enough to look suspicious.  It smelled a bit different. “Okay,” I said to myself, it’s just like mom’s.”

I was in grade school.  Most kids would have eaten dinner away from home many times by this age, but I didn’t have that pleasure.  I was old enough to spend the night at my friend, Carol’s house, but not old enough to know a true burrito, how sad.

I took a bite, “no, this was not going to show on my face!”  I told myself.  But the memory of getting a mouth full of, I wasn’t sure what it was, but it is permanently embedded in my brain.  I couldn’t spit the mouthful of burrito out, Carol’s parents and brother were right there, looking at me.  

I chewed, I chewed, I swallowed, I liked!  Not the kind of burrito, that I was used to, but it was interesting!

After spending the night, I ran home the next morning to confront my mom.  When I told her what we had eaten, she looked as surprised as I looked at Carol’s the night before.  I still giggle when I hear the memory of my mom’s voice in my head, saying in her German accent, “It’s not made from pork and beans and Velveta cheese?”  Wow, she was so close, but so far away! 

My mom used flour tortillas, Carol’s mom used flour tortillas.  My mom used beans and cheese, just like Carol’s mom did, but inside my mom’s burrito was velveta cheese and pork and beans, those small changes made all the difference.


What makes a man unclean?  Mark 7:21, says that what makes a man unclean is what is in his heart, and those things are, “Evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance, and folly”  All of these evils come from inside and make a man unclean.

Matthew 7:15 and 16 says, “Watch out for false prophets.  They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves, by their fruit you will recognize them.

Being unclean comes from the inside, it’s from the heart.  And if you let the Holy Spirit live within you, ultimately what will come about will be good fruit.

Galatians 5:22 tells us what those good fruit are so that we can recognize those fruit in others and in ourselves.  “But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness and self-control, against such things there is no law.”

So whether it be beans and cheese wrapped up nicely in a tortilla or your neighbor.  Maybe your best friend or yourself, look for the good fruit in everyone.  If you don’t see good fruit, pray for the love of the Lord, pray that this person excepts the Holy Spirit in their soul, and pray for salvation.