~Luke 11.5-8 Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’ And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.
Another translation says "shameless persistence." So like the widow before the corrupt judge (Luke 18), this is another keep-on-asking-and-never-give-up story.
But what can I learn here about what to eat? Like the hero in this story, sometimes people go to bed with no food in the house. Thankfully I have never done this.
If a late night guest shows up, the staple of bread is appropriate to offer. If there's no bread, go and with shameless audacity ask a neighbor for some.
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