It's ok to look...but you might want to look again...

We had a friend over for dessert last night (no I didn't have the dessert I made - I had a huge navel orange, for all my healthy friends, keeping me accountable). I made Keven's favorite cobbler recipe...chocolate. Oh, it looked so good when I put it in the oven. However, it didn't look right and I couldn't figure out why. I didn't bother looking at the recipe because I knew I had added all the ingredients. The timer went off and the dessert done, but you know what - it did not look right either. Hmmmph. I have made this recipe soooooo many times, what's the deal. I know I looked at the recipe, read the instructions and added all it called for. Well, though it didn't look so great and the texture was not right Keven and David were gracious and said it tasted good. Keven said it tasted different but was still good. We discussed what could have gone wrong and though I wasn't prideful while saying it or thinking it, I knew I had added all the ingredients. After we hung out for a while, David headed home. Keven and I began to discuss what happened again. Finally, I took out my recipe and low and behold, I forgot the most important ingredient - 2 cups of boiling water. Yep.

Isn't that just like life though? We can have something that looks sort of, like the truth, tastes sort of like the truth, smells sort of like the truth but without that ONE ingredients - water (or whatever) - it isn't the FULL truth. Father, Jesus, Holy Spirit, the Bible, going to church, visiting with people of like faith, praying, and more are the WATER that really makes our lives so pleasing to the eyes of others that they want a portion or all of what we have.

Let's not forget to add the WATER of life to our lives. For my recipe, I highlighted, drew arrows to, made mental notes, and know Keven will remind me to get my attention to make for sure I have added all the ingredients for a delicious, complete dessert. Let's set ourselves up for success and do whatever it takes to present ourselves as 'delicious and complete' before all men and Father.