Pancakes!

[Guest guest]

Six year old Brandon decided one Saturday morning

to fix his parents<br>pancakes. He found a big bowl

and spoon, pulled a chair to the counter,<br>opened

the cupboard and pulled out the heavy flour canister,

spilling <br>it on<br>the floor. He scooped some of the

flour into the bowl with his hands, <br>mixed<br><br>in

most of a cup of milk and added some sugar, leaving a

floury trail <br>on the<br><br>floor which by now had a

few tracks left by his kitten.<br><br>Brandon was

covered with flour and getting frustrated. He wanted this

<br>to<br>be something very good for Mom and Dad, but it was

getting very bad. He<br>didn't<br>know what to do next,

whether to put it all into the oven or on the

<br>stove,<br>(and he didn't know how the stove

worked!).<br><br>Suddenly he saw his kitten licking from the bowl of mix

and reached to<br>push her away, knocking the egg

carton to the floor. Frantically he <br>tried

to<br><br>clean up this monumental mess but slipped on the eggs,

getting his <br>pajamas<br>white and sticky.<br><br>And

just then he saw Dad standing at the door. Big

crocodile tears <br>welled<br>up in Brandon's eyes. All

he'd wanted to do was something good, but

<br>he'd<br>made a terrible mess. He was sure a scolding was

coming, maybe even a<br>spanking. But his father just

watched him.<br><br>Then, walking through the mess, he

picked up his crying son, hugged him<br>and loved him,

getting his own pajamas white and sticky in the

process.<br><br>That's how God deals with us. We try to do something

good in life, but<br>it<br>turns into a mess. Our

marriage gets all sticky or we insult a friend <br>or

we<br><br>can't stand our job or our health goes sour. Sometimes

we just stand <br>there<br>in tears because we can't

think of anything else to do. That's when

God<br>picks<br>us up and loves us and forgives us, even though some

of our mess gets <br>all<br>over Him.<br><br>But

just because we might mess up, we can't stop trying

like Brandon to<br>"make pancakes," for God or for

others. Sooner or later we'll get it

<br>right,<br><br>and then they'll be glad we tried.

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the beautiful story. What you have said there is very true.