I am the milk to your cookies … I am the cheese to your macaroni … I am el zeit to your zatar … I am el laban to your mansaf.
It sounds like something Jesus might say, “I am light for your darkness, forgiveness for your sins, hope for your despair.”
Actually, it is written by my Palestinian friend, Ranim. She spends her family time in Beit Jala (Bethlehem) in the West Bank of Palestine and her school time in the neighboring country of Jordan. Ranim and her American-Jordanian friend were taking a break from their study of medicine and were relaxing by thinking of things that just belong together or are always found together or complete each other like …
milk and cookies
macaroni and cheese
zeit (olive oil) and zatar (thyme)
mansaf (lamb, rice and pine nuts) and laban (yogurt)
— and like justice and peace!
With Open Doors 