You know when you are baking things without directions, how you tend to use smell more? I heard a guy tell un a class how his wife was the best cook in the whole world. She KNEW things were proper by smell. Sometimes people use thermometers or toothpicks, etc. We all want to judge the readiness.
I applied this in a strange way to my life. I was thinking about things I wanted and how they needed to be cooked properly, and Sure I always wished I could get what I want RIGHT NOW, because the oven is a bit difficult. But, I want to be ready to comeout, and if I had the thing I want too soon, I would not have been happy.
Everyday, I am learning key things that serve to make me glad that I did not get that wish yet.
I was so mad at Jane Eyre when I was younger cause she was so stupid and left Mr. Rochester when obviously they were in love. But, now, I see the sense of it. She was much wiser than I could even comprehend yet.
Likewise, I was irate with Anne Shirley when she did not marry the Harris dude, but, I learned another thing there, too.
Line upon line. We are different people than we were yesterday even.And I just grasped the thing many already knew, that it is not over yet, and I would rather endure and be done properly than get what I want RIGHT NOW.
If you followed that thought then this one will make sense, if not, sorry. This was such a cool thing that I want to remember.
We were talking about how we actually do believe that we have a purpose to live here. We had that purpose before we got our bodies and we would have it until we actually reached that "end". Hah. Now, I can answer the question what is that end we are supposed to endure to.
A person had genuine questions about this becoming like God thing. And, one helpful answer was that every parent hopes their child grows up to be like them. We provide opportunities and encourage it actually. Similarly, trying to become like God is now is not blasphemous it is exaltation.
"Be ye therefore perfect...." often, we are told the word perfect means complete. So, to be finished we need more time in the oven, right?
