After frosting my luscious red velvet cake with homemade buttercream frosting, I decided that it would be enhanced with a few sprinkles on the top. I carefully opened the small section that I wanted to use of my multi-sprinkle container. As I began to gingerly shake out the dainty candy circles something unexpected happened: the lid fell off, completely off!
On about one quarter of my masterful cake, there was a mounted up mass of every type of sprinkle in the container. After pausing a moment in disbelief, I decided there was only one thing to do — add more sprinkles. I emptied the remainder of my container in a similar “pattern” over the rest of the cake.
I told my friend that there was a large life lesson to learn from the great cake mistake...sometimes we get to make our own decisions in life...and sometimes life makes our decisions for us. What I had planned for my cake was interrupted by a different reality.
So many times that happens, doesn’t it? We are moving forward with a well-laid plan, when BAM out of nowhere, our circumstances bring us to a screeching halt. After pausing a moment in disbelief, there is only one thing to do...
James 1:2-5, “Count it all joy, my broth ...
