Tuesday, September 21, 2004

Baking lessons

I confess I'm not exactly a very faithful servant to Him and I do not always read forwarded emails on religion and faith. But this timely email sent by a friend, stood out among numerous despite it's title. I've been having a very bad week and after I read this email, it gave me a little more hope that the world is not such a bad place after all and it made me remember that God has much grander plans for all of us than we can ever imagine or predict.


--- start of email ---

Sometimes we wonder, "What did I do to deserve this?" or "Why did God
have to do this to me?" Here is a wonderful explanation!

A daughter is telling her Mother how everything is going wrong, she's
failing algebra, her boyfriend broke up with her and her best friend is
moving away.

Meanwhile, her Mother is baking a cake and asks her daughter if she
would like a snack, and the daughter says, "Absolutely Mom, I love your
cake."

"Here, have some cooking oil," her Mother offers. "Yuck" says her
daughter.

"How about a couple raw eggs?"

"Gross, Mom!"

"Would you like some flour then? Or maybe baking soda?"

Mom, those are all yucky!"

To which the mother replies: "Yes, all those things seem bad all by
themselves. But when they are put together in the right way, they make
a wonderfully delicious cake!

God works the same way. Many times we wonder why He would let us go
through such bad and difficult times. But God knows that when He puts
these things all in His order, they always work for good! We just have
to trust Him and, eventually, they will all make something wonderful!

--- end of email ---

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