The recipe called for cream, but we didn't have any, so I just ignored that part. It also said to chop the spinach, which I didn't do. Mom then reminded me, that if I take something out of a recipe, I have to put something else in as a replacement, which in this case would be milk.
I think we as Christians do this sometimes. We will follow the plan God has set out for us, and everything will turn out great. Then we get prideful and say "God, do you see how well I handled that situation? I think I did pretty good, yeah? I don't need Your help this time, okay. Go take care of someone else." And we end up misreading the instructions (the Bible) and making one big mess. And then God steps in and reminds us that we need to read the instructions very carefully and do exactly what they say.
A recipe isn't there to keep you from having fun in the kitchen, is it? No, it gives you guidance on how to make (hopefully) delicious and healthy food that you can enjoy. The same goes for God's Law. It is not to keep you from having free reign to do whatever you choose. It is there to help us along so that we may get the most out of this life and the next.
We all misread instructions from time to time, but God is good about watching His children and steering them back in the right direction.
Learning to read it all the first time,
Emily E.
Not as emotionally connecting this time but still a heartfelt read. I remember my first times cooking, they were quite pressured, at least to me. We really do forget that we can't do this all on our own. We need God and other people to help us through. It is so easy to forget the healthy one's in our lives. And just like cooking, its proper to have the correct equilibrium of ingredient. We have to have certain amounts of time spent with the word. We need certain amounts of social interaction (with the right people) among other things. If we spend too much time in one area then something is being neglected. More often the not, what we tend to ignore is God.
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