I wrote this a couple of years ago and thought that I would add it to my new blog site.

 

I baked my grandson a Ghirardelli fudge cake for his birthday and forgot to put flour in the cake pans.  Needless to say it crumbled when I took it out!  I was so upset, but right away I had an idea!!   I made it into a layered cake with dark chocolate whip cream and chocolate shavings and it was the best dessert I've made yet.  Like our lives, God takes the brokenness when we give it to him and because of His grace we become a new creation in Christ!

January 15, 2014

 

What’s Your Name?

Do you ever find yourself with part of a song swirling through your mind, singing it over and over?  Well that happened to me again last night, I was singing – What's your name? Who's your daddy? Is he rich like me? from “Time of the Season” by the Zombies.  I just kept singing those lines, over and over.  Finally, I thought why is this going through my mind?  Then out of nowhere or maybe somewhere from deep within, I began to answer those questions – my name is Cindy, child of the Most High God!  My daddy is my Abba Father, Creator of the universe, lover of my soul!  Is he rich like me?  He owns it all!  Your riches can’t even compare to His riches, not only does he own it all, he is rich in mercy, rich in love and grace.  He is God and no one can compare to him. 

After that came gushing out of my heart I was reminded of a time about 30 years ago when I was driving along telling God my troubles and feeling very cheated in life, and rightfully so I thought.  You see when I was 18 years old, my 16 year old sister and I lost both of our parents, and our 14 year old brother and 12 year old sister as our small aircraft went down one rainy night near Vacaville, CA.  We lost it all in an instant; our family, the love and security of that family, our home, my father’s lucrative business and all rights to his inventions… cheated.  So, as I drove along that day complaining to God, He spoke this to me – “I Am your Father and I will provide all that you need”.  It’s been a long journey since that day that He told me He was my father, with many ups and downs, and he has been there for me, even when I forgot who I was, His child.  He is faithful.  My identity is that I am God's child and He will always provide everything that I need in this life and in the life to come!  Can I ask:  What’s your name?  Who’s your daddy?  If you’re uncertain, just listen, I think He might be calling your name.