[God] will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy. Job 8:21 NIV Bible
Although this isn't exactly what Job was taking about, it sure was a good fit for me today! I was making pumpkin pies for the holidays. I had spent the whole morning making these, but in my opinion, the process of making them is truly a labor of love!
I made two pies on disposable aluminum pans to take to our family and two in glass pie pans for for my husband. I put the pies in the disposable pans into plastic containers to put into my refrigerator. Well, I must have zigged when I should have zagged, because the pie in my left hand started to slip. Of course, I tried to catch it with my left hand while still holding a pie in my hand. Bad idea! I had pumpkin pie splatter all over my refrigerator, the floor, and the refrigerator door and shelves!
Fortunately for me, God gave me what I call the Peace Which Passes All Understanding! Normally, I would have been stressed big time, but all I could do is laugh inside. All these funny thoughts went through my mind. I've been wanting to clean my refrigerator for some time, so now I have a reason to clean it! I also wanted to clean off the floor, because I got flour on it while making the pies, but now I had a wet rag to clean it up! I smiled thinking, that fortunately, the Lord gave me the instincts to make four pies, so I still had two pies left! Then, I could help but laugh at how comical it must have looked to see me trying to juggle two pumpkin pies in mid-air! I am very blessed to have an understanding husband and an understanding Savior who helped me see the humor in a messy situation!!!!
