Making pancakes............(or why we're here in the first place)

[Kitty C.]

Making 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 God 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 God 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 to "make pancakes" for God or for others.  Sooner or later we'll get it right, and then they'll be glad we tried...

I was thinking... and I wondered if I had any wounds needing to be healed, friendships that need rekindling or three words needing to be said, sometimes, "I love you" can heal & bless!  Remind every one of your friends that you love them.  Even if you think they don't love back, you would be amazed at what those three little words, a smile, and a reminder like this can do.

And never stop "making pancakes"!!!

[MissManners]

That was AWESOME! Thanks for sharing that wonderful thought!

[MYSONSDAD]

What this is, is love. It will be moments like this that they will remember when their older and tell their kids about. I still hear stories from my dad when he was growing up. His mother died when he was five and his father raised him. One day he decided to make dinner and wanted to make biscuits, accidently made them with soap instead of flour, my grandfather ate them and did not say a word. My dad was seven at the time and it is one of his best memories.

 
"Children learn what they live"

[StPaulieGirl]

That's a great story.  Sometimes it's tempting to throw in the towel, but that doesn't solve anything.  

Heehee, I can just picture what that kitchen must of looked like:P

[nosonew]

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[Sabanity]

I've heard that story many times over the years and it never ceases to bring a mist to my eyes.  I LOVE that story.