Daily Wisdom 02-05-2005 The Right Recipe

Wanting to please and surprise her parents, young Karen decided to bake a batch of cookies.She paged through mom's recipe book excitedly looking for something that mom and dad would find special. "Ah! Here is just the right one!" Karen exclaimed as she quickly scanned the list of ingredients. Unfortunately, Karen looked too rapidly since, by time she came to one of the most necessary ingredients, two cups of apple sauce, she soon learned they had none. "Oh dear!" she thought, "Now what should I do?"

Karen scratched her head a moment then began searching the kitchen frantically for a convenient substitute. Her eyes immediately fell upon the large bottle of apple cider vinegar mom had in the 'fridge.

Karen immediately went back to work; mixing, baking and cooling the special treat she had prepared for her parents.

After a nice spaghetti and meatballs dinner, Karen ran to the cabinet, grabbed her plate of cookies, and set them before her family with a huge ear to ear smile. Of course, they eagerly dug in as they were very pleased with their daughter's thoughtfulness. In an instant, smiles turned to odd-looking grimaces. When mother spit her bite out in to her napkin, Karen knew something was terribly wrong.

Karen went on to explain how she didn't have all the proper ingredients so replaced one for another. "I guess it didn't turn out quite as I expected," she said quietly as she stared down at floor.

In similar manor, sin is a wrongful and bitter ingredient that may exist in our own lives. We may have the best of intentions, but when we try to mix evil with good, and corruption with righteousness, the end result is poisonous, not only our spiritual welfare, but emotional and oftentimes, our physical bodies, as well.

God calls us to purity, so we must remove the rancid effect of sin from our lives by calling on the Lord for forgiveness within the spirit of repentance. That, my dear friends, is the right recipe for a brand new start in the family of Christ!

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Contributed by Melanie Schurr (Copyright (c)2003 Melanie Schurr) Melanie Schurr is author of "Ecstatic Living Ecstatic Loving: How to have more peace and joy in marriage, and life in general by walking in harmony with God," and "Son Salutations: A refreshing collection of modern inspirations for those who seek God each day." For more information, visit her web page at www.angelfire.com/mi/melschurr