So I stepped up to the griddle & made pancakes for the fam. Now for whatever reason, I only had a box of gluten-free pancake mix at the house so I used that. They looked like pancakes, they smelled like pancakes, they required the same ingredients as pancakes, they griddled like pancakes. BUT, they didn’t taste like pancakes. Suffice it to say, I was disappointed. Alas, that is ’til I got an idea: I used to be like a gluten-free pancake. I looked like a Christian (wore tasteful attire & a cross necklace). I smelled like a Christian (always doused myself in perfume & chewed gum after a night of partying). I had the same ingredients as a Christian (went to church, owned a couple bibles, attended a Christian college, loved God). BUT, get close enough and you would’ve discovered I was gluten-free: everything was there…but something was missing. Maybe this is you. Maybe this is someone close to you. How did I resolve this? Well, for starters, I went to the store & bought REAL pancake mix. Oh, and how did I resolve my life? One morning, when I was 23, I had an epiphany: I would no longer LOOK Christian on the outside; I would BE Christian on the inside. I’ve been working at being a real pancake ever since, & I’ve had no regrets with the work its required. If you want the real pancake to stand up–YOU–ask the Master Chef to get involved in your life–and you will!
I loved this because God has a sense of humor…for me personally, and for everyone, of course. This really resonates but in a different way. You’ll see what I mean. I am gluten and flour intolerant. I was also obese, a metaphoric condition as well as a physical one. I was 120 pounds overweight. Finally, after years of yo-yo dieting, The Lord helped me “get my flesh-my carnality” under control to disappear it. I began the weight loss in 2008 and after 2 years, got down to a normal BMI and now I’ve kept the weight off. During the journey of disappearing my carnality and walking and living after the Spirit of the Living God…walking by FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT, the baggage and all the flesh went…and I discovered that I cannot eat bread products, flour products, grains, gluten…all of it. It exacerbated my fleshly appetites to excess which was symptomatic of my flesh. I have a long way to go…but I’m relying on Him for my health and prosperity and the fruit of the Spirit…love, joy. peace, patience…gentleness, faith, meekness, temperance, goodness. And all of these in Him have their perfect work. 😉 So for me, gluten/flour/grain represented fleshly elements and appetites.
They had to be eliminated from my diet before the Spirit could have its perfect work. lolol But I get where you are coming from…and I think the metaphor of the missing ingredient as wheat/flour is Wondherful! 😉
I loved this because God has a sense of humor…for me personally, and for everyone, of course. This really resonates but in a different way. You’ll see what I mean. I am gluten and flour intolerant. I was also obese, a metaphoric condition as well as a physical one. I was 120 pounds overweight. Finally, after years of yo-yo dieting, The Lord helped me “get my flesh-my carnality” under control to disappear it. I began the weight loss in 2008 and after 2 years, got down to a normal BMI and now I’ve kept the weight off. During the journey of disappearing my carnality and walking and living after the Spirit of the Living God…walking by FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT, the baggage and all the flesh went…and I discovered that I cannot eat bread products, flour products, grains, gluten…all of it. It exacerbated my fleshly appetites to excess which was symptomatic of my flesh. I have a long way to go…but I’m relying on Him for my health and prosperity and the fruit of the Spirit…love, joy. peace, patience…gentleness, faith, meekness, temperance, goodness. And all of these in Him have their perfect work. 😉 So for me, gluten/flour/grain represented fleshly elements and appetites.
They had to be eliminated from my diet before the Spirit could have its perfect work. lolol But I get where you are coming from…and I think the metaphor of the missing ingredient as wheat/flour is Wondherful! 😉
brilliant post! masterpiece! So true & so real. thanks
brilliant post! masterpiece! So true & so real. thanks
Like a 21st century parable! They’re probably all around us. Thanks!
Like a 21st century parable! They’re probably all around us. Thanks!
Excellent.
Excellent.