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After taking a short break for the summer, I’m back to share the third installment of my series Life Lessons from My Favourite Things.

Open the golden, shiny wrapper and you will discover Ferrero Rocher, a chocolate of chocolates, and my favourite in the whole wide world. I love to pamper myself with them. According to Wikipedia, Ferrero Rocher, a bonbon chocolate, was introduce in Italy in 1979 and in other parts of Europe in 1982. Michele Ferrero, the credited inventor, named the chocolate after a grotto or cave in the Roman Catholic shrine of Lourdes, Rocher de Massabielle. Together with Ferrero, the company name, ‘Rocher’ is the French word for a rock or boulder.[1]

Each Ferrero Rocher ‘rock’ is made up of a whole roasted hazelnut encased in a thin wafer shell filled with hazelnut chocolate and covered in milk chocolate and chopped hazelnuts -a yummy multi-sensory experience. Thanks to its extraordinary taste, and experience and its one-of-a-kind packaging – big golden eggs, bars, and various options of package pieces – Ferrero Rocher is a symbol of celebrations across the world, perfect to show your loved ones how much you care or make moments golden and memorable.

In a world filled with processed foods and obtuse wisdom, this ‘sweet rock’ reminds me many desirable things:

• God’s Word: described as pure, golden, and luxuriously sweet, conveying delight, satisfaction and fulfilment.
• God’s Wisdom: depicted as sweet, and offering hope and a positive future to those who seek for it and find it.
• God’s Presence: a place of quiet rest and a desirable experience for those who love him, want his friendship, and seek live in obedience to his commands.
• Kind and Edifying Speech: sweet words that are like honeycomb’ pleasantness to the soul, a pure heart, and a source of healing and encouragement for others.
• Kind and Caring Actions: Christians are encouraged to show sweetness through actions of kindness, compassion, and love towards others.
• Joy and Pleasure: from being in the presence of a lover that brings pleasure and pleasant conversation.
• God’s Salvation: the sweetest gift of all that’s offered though Jesus Christ which   brings us forgiveness, eternal life, and a relationship with God (John 3:16).
• God’s Kingdom: a promised place of sweetness, where there will be no more pain, sorrow, or suffering (Revelation 21:4). This is the ultimate sweetness that we can look forward to as believers. I can’t wait to be there with the sweet Rock of Ages, Christ Jesus, my Lord.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrero_Rocher

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