How to Roast a Chicken

​Roasted chicken is a relatively new menu item for me.  Many years ago my mother gave me a terracotta roaster.  It remained unused in its original box until about four years ago when I discovered the delights of tender roasted chicken.  The basic process is soak the roaster in cold water for 15 minutes, load it with a whole chicken and veggies, put  it in a cold oven set at 450 degrees and bake it for one and a half hours – simple and delicious!  Suddenly roast chicken was on the menu two out of four Sundays per month.  I tried several different techniques for roasting the chicken.  They were all tender; but I found the most tasty versions were created when I stuffed the cavity with onions and lemon halves then slid fresh thyme, rosemary and garlic under the skin of the chicken before placing it in the roaster.
 
What a great picture of our lives this is:  a roast chicken is tastier when stuffed with herbs and savory veggies; our lives are more winsome and loving when we are stuffed with the seasonings of God:  Bible study, prayer, individual and corporate worship, and generous serving.  God’s word needs to get under our skin!  It needs to become a part of us – not something separate and reserved for Sundays – but something that is an integral part of us..  In Matthew 4: 1 – 11 Jesus deflected the arrows of Satan with the word of God. And when the temptations of Satan and the troubles of the world threaten to overwhelm us our lives are so thoroughly saturated with the flavoring of God we are able to stand firm.
 
Romans 16: 19 For the report of your obedience has reached to all; therefore I am rejoicing over you, but I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil. 20 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.!