A day worth to remember

Have you made a birthday cake for someone? I just did that yesterday. It was such an excellent experience to me. Am I am expert in cakes? Of course not, but I started to like it. It is because I have satisfactions from seeing the result and people's happiness and appreciation. I also learn a lot from many failures.

Just like yesterday, it took me the whole day to get all the ingredients and make the cake. Is the cake so fancy and complicated to make? Not at all. But for me who had never made a cake before...it was a big challenge. The hardest part was to follow each step carefully and accurately. I made several mistakes, some of them could be recovered but some could not. But in the process of making, I had joy. I really enjoyed seeing the outcome of mixing different ingredients together and applying different techniques to it. It was an interesting feeling. The most amazing moment was of course seeing the beautiful cake came out from the oven. It was full of satisfaction and joy.

I find that the process of making a cake (or cooking in general) can be comparable to being a christian and following Jesus. In order to be succesful, we have to study the recipe (Bible). We will have failures (sins, temptations, etc...), and yet, we learn a lesson from each failure and try not to repeat the same mistake again. Sometimes, we get hurts but in Jesus, we will get healed (bandage). Satisfactions are from God's love to us and His name can be glorified. Two most important elements in these 2 process are: companions and love. Cooking together with someone is much joyful than alone, same as a spiritual companion in walking God's way. Here I would like to give thanks to my friend, Mr. Lee and his father. They were a great help of me. Love is the most important element in making a delicious cake. Love is also the greatest command from Jesus. And Jesus' love never fails. I hope my love to people around me would never fail as well. Unless I make each cake with love, or I will not be able to make a delicious one.

Heavenly Father, thank you for giving me this chance to serve my family, especially my niece. Next month, I wil be serving some other people. May you be with me and guide me. Amen.