This week while making bread, things were going along
just fine, however as I was adding that last ingredient into the bread machine,
things changed, as I placed the yeast on the counter suddenly yeast was all
over the place! (“Oh no, not again”). 23 hours earlier: I decided the
make bread for our Hebrew class (a little end of year party) and I needed to
open a new package of yeast, I noticed the package was too small to contain the
yeast once opened so I decided to pour it into another container. Upon emptying
the new yeast into the new container, the container moved and yeast went
everywhere! “Damn what a massive
mess”I said. I cleaned and cleaned, vacuumed, cleaned some more and thought; “ I
got it all”! Pleased with my accomplishment I continued on with my day
Present Day: How did this happen again? Yesterday
I cleaned so carefully, what had I missed? a hole in the container? Upon careful
inspection of the current mess, I realized yeast spores had clung to the
outside of the new yeast container. Their color blended in with the container.
You see I was so careful in cleaning the counter, the
draws, the floor, and the cupboards that I had missed the primary source of the
mess, the yeast container itself.
Life often imitates messes!
Paul talks about deception in Galatians chapter 5 and in
verse 9 he says a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
I now have a new perspective of this scripture, the
typical bread illustrations are good, but they don’t really get down to how
destructive and messy deception can be, either in an individual, family or in a
corporation such as a church.
A person, family or corporation can clean up mess after
mess and maintain a decent image, but those little spores of deception are
hiding, lurking in corners, and crevasses, biding their time for the day in
which they can cause another mess. Maybe not today or tomorrow but someday and
soon! So it seems to me that the
next time we’re in a mess we need to seek God’s wisdom as to where the mess
began and cleanup the source as well as the periphery.
just fine, however as I was adding that last ingredient into the bread machine,
things changed, as I placed the yeast on the counter suddenly yeast was all
over the place! (“Oh no, not again”). 23 hours earlier: I decided the
make bread for our Hebrew class (a little end of year party) and I needed to
open a new package of yeast, I noticed the package was too small to contain the
yeast once opened so I decided to pour it into another container. Upon emptying
the new yeast into the new container, the container moved and yeast went
everywhere! “Damn what a massive
mess”I said. I cleaned and cleaned, vacuumed, cleaned some more and thought; “ I
got it all”! Pleased with my accomplishment I continued on with my day
Present Day: How did this happen again? Yesterday
I cleaned so carefully, what had I missed? a hole in the container? Upon careful
inspection of the current mess, I realized yeast spores had clung to the
outside of the new yeast container. Their color blended in with the container.
You see I was so careful in cleaning the counter, the
draws, the floor, and the cupboards that I had missed the primary source of the
mess, the yeast container itself.
Life often imitates messes!
Paul talks about deception in Galatians chapter 5 and in
verse 9 he says a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
I now have a new perspective of this scripture, the
typical bread illustrations are good, but they don’t really get down to how
destructive and messy deception can be, either in an individual, family or in a
corporation such as a church.
A person, family or corporation can clean up mess after
mess and maintain a decent image, but those little spores of deception are
hiding, lurking in corners, and crevasses, biding their time for the day in
which they can cause another mess. Maybe not today or tomorrow but someday and
soon! So it seems to me that the
next time we’re in a mess we need to seek God’s wisdom as to where the mess
began and cleanup the source as well as the periphery.
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