The Cherry on Top

Do you ever feel like things are just going down the drain, you go from having a wonderful uplifting week and one little things makes it come to crash and everything falls to pieces? Sure, we all have those times in our lives, and if those bad things never happened, we would never have anything exciting to look forward or build up to. A lot of times these events seem unfair and completely out of the blue, but after the storm is over and you look back starting when things were good and now see how much stronger and closer you are with God it makes all the bad things worth the pain.

There are so many ingredients to a cake and when they are mixed together and cooked, it turns out to be so delicious! But if you were craving a cake, and have been craving one for several weeks now so you ordered a cake, and the cook brings out a cup of cooking oil, 2 cups of flour, a couple of raw eggs and dumped them all in one bowl and handed it to you…would you eat it? I hope your answer to this is no!! You would think that this was the most disgusting cake ever and you would be so upset because that craving you have been longing for still has not been fulfilled.

But this totally represents our life! God gives us this big baking pan to fill with great things that glorify him. And what do we do with it? We begin filling it ingredients like: TV, Facebook, gossip, social time, anything that takes our time away from God. So He begins filling it with things that will test your faith in Him, things that will make you feel like your world has come to an end. So you begin emptying that pan of evil ingredients of the world and filling with ingredients God. All of a sudden God begins mixing those challenges he has placed in your pan, and as you continue to walk with God he warms those ingredients, puts a dab of icing on it and a cherry on top and shows you that He is here to help you, and show you that all of these challenges work for the best of each of us.

God wants us to continue to grow with him. He knows that if you are not walking, talking, and listening to what He has to say, you will never be prepared for the things He has planned for you in the future. Romans 8:28 ~ “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him…”