As The Crow Flies

Last week we where having some friends visit us for dinner. So in preparation of this meal I decided to make a Trifle for dessert. This recipe involve many layers of ingredients, including, sponge, custard, jelly, fruit, cream...etc And looks stunning presented in a glass bowl as all can see the clear layers and art of the dessert.

Well.... the trifle making was going well until I became impatience and excited so I found myself cutting some corners and not putting the layers in the correct order or waiting for them to fully set. This caused a few issues like the jelly sinking and ruining many of the layers, and totaly killed the desired layered effect. When will I learn that cutting corners is not actually not in my best interest?

This is not the first time things have gone flop for me while trying to make things easier. When baking a cake you must let the cake fully cool before applying any icing. Well, this can take some time, and I have made the foolish mistake of placing the icing on the cake sooner rather than later - which then gives me the non-desired effect of melting. The melted icing runs off the cake and makes a huge mess and creates a dent in your sanity as frustration kicks in. If I had done things correctly the first time, I would not of had to re-make the icing and re-apply later, or wasted ingredients, or left with mess to clean up.

I catch myself often wanting to do things or get to places: as the crow flies, rather than taking the correct path. The crow seems to have a quicker route... and if I go as the crow and make mistakes I often have to travel further, than just being obedient and staying on the straight and narrow in the first place.

Yes - there is a time and a place for taking risks, but not for cheating.
Things done well the first time do not need to be repeated or repaired. We are not crows, lets do things well and remember to pray, as there are no short cuts.

Blessings,

Akita.
23-1-08

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Matthew 7 v 13-14

Enter through the narrow gate.
For wide is the gate and broad is the road that
leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life,
and only a few find it.

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