Mixin' it all together

Please keep Lindsey, her husband Greg, and the Morris family in your prayers.

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I love, love, love baking cookies. Especially when I have a free day and I have someone in mind. Today I am baking cookies for my piano students.

Growing up I didn't mind following directions. When it came to cookies or any other recipe, really, I would love measuring out every ingredient perfectly. However, once it came to the part where you had to mix it all together... well, I would just want to throw everything in at once. I found out that you get the same outcome, so why start with the butter, sugars and vanilla, and THEN the flour and everything else? It's all going to the same place, anyway.

Well, a while ago I decided to go ahead and give the "right way" a try. I found that- though profoundly simple- the process was so much easier and even faster than ever, even though it initially took some patience.

I realized that this has been my life for so long. I really do have a vision, but I put everything in at once and make myself entirely too busy in order to get everything "over with". In the end, it might appear and taste the same, but the process is much more difficult once you try to mix everything together at once.

So I have decided to go about the process of life the "right way". I am certain it will be much more enjoyable, and I might even get other people in to help out with the process... heh. It's a cheesy analogy, but really. It was an "aha" moment that I am thankful for. I am trusting the Lord to provide accountability as well as reminders from him. I know he doesn't want me to burn out on life, as he has promised sleep and rest and peace. That doesn't mean I'm gonna take a break on all hard things in life- no. It simply means I'm going to purpose to slow down and enjoy the process, enabling me to better trust the Lord for every step along the way.