There are Oreo cookies, peanut butter cookies and sugar cookies, but yesterday we had amazing cookies. Chocolate chips held together by the best cookie dough in the world. They were Goldilocks cookies; baked not too little and not too long. They were baked JUST right. They were placed on the table beside a fresh fruit salad and a marvelous plate of fresh veggies. It was the perfect summer evening fare.
As good as the blueberries were I keep thinking about those amazing Goldie Locks cookies. They were like Scripture; hundreds of promises held together by the best stories. There is the story of Jonah with the promise that wherever we go God is there, even if we don’t want Him to be there; He is watching and waiting for us to cry for help and help is immediately on its way. There is the story of Zaccheaus. Jesus wants to come to our house. Then there is the hungry crowd that Jesus fed from a little boy’s basket. God is able to supply all our needs. I could go on and on.
The message is powerful. If we will read the stories we will taste the goodness of the Lord. Reading the Gospel of John is a feast all on its own. Chapter after chapter reveals a new picture of Jesus. In chapter one He is the Creator of all. In chapter nine He is the Light of the World. In chapter ten He is the Good Shepherd. In chapter eleven He is the Resurrection and the Life. The really good part about this kind of feast is that it is calorie free. Those Goldilocks cookies were great but they were rich in calories. Alas. Only Jesus is perfect.
Written by Roger Bothwell on July 11, 2011
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