Subject: Pancakes {Insp}
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Sun Aug 12 2001 - 20:11:31 EDT
"Pancakes"
Six year old Brandon decided one Saturday morning
to fix his parents pancakes. He found a big bowl and
spoon, pulled a chair to the counter, opened the
cupboard and pulled out the heavy flour canister,
spilling it on the floor. He scooped some of the flour
into the bowl with his hands, mixed in most of a cup
of milk and added some sugar, leaving a floury trail
on the floor which by now had a few tracks left by
his kitten.
Brandon was covered with flour and getting frustrated.
He wanted this to be something very good for Mom
and Dad, but it was getting very bad. He didn't know
what to do next, whether to put it all into the oven or
on the stove, (and he didn't know how the stove worked)!
Suddenly he saw his kitten licking from the bowl of mix
and reached to push her away, knocking the egg carton
to the floor. Frantically he tried to clean up this
monumental mess but slipped on the eggs, getting his
pajamas white and sticky. And just then he saw Dad
standing at the door.
Big crocodile tears welled up in Brandon's eyes. All
he'd wanted to do was something good, but he'd made
a terrible mess. He was sure a scolding was coming,
maybe even a spanking. But his father just watched him.
Then, walking through the mess, he picked up his crying
son, hugged him and loved him, getting his own pajamas
white and sticky in the process.
That's how G~d deals with us. We try to do something
good in life, but it turns into a mess. Our marriage gets
all sticky or we insult a friend or we can't stand our job
or our health goes sour. Sometimes we just stand there
in tears because we can't think of anything else to do.
That's when G~d picks us up and loves us and forgives
us, even though some of our mess gets all over Him.
But just because we might mess up, we can't stop
trying like Brandon to "make pancakes," for G~d or
for others. Sooner or later we'll get it right, and then
they'll be glad we tried.
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