I preached on putting off lying and putting on truth from Ephesians 4:25 this morning. I thought about using this illustration, but decided not to. It didn't really fit. But it does show what tangled webs we weave when we practice to deceive. And it's a great smile.
Dave
Alice was to bake a cake for the Baptist Church Ladies' Group in Tuscaloosa,
but forgot to do it until the last minute. She remembered the morning of the
bake sale and, after rummaging through cabinets, found an angel food cake mix &
quickly made it while drying her hair, dressing, and helping her son pack for
Scout camp.
When Alice took the cake from the oven, the center had dropped flat and the
cake was horribly disfigured. She thought, "Oh dear, there is not time to bake
another cake."
This cake was important to Alice because she did so want to fit in at her new
church and in her new community of friends. So, being inventive, she looked
around the house for something to build up the center of the cake.
Alice found it in the bathroom - a roll of toilet paper. She plunked it in and
covered it with icing. Not only did the finished product look beautiful, it
looked perfect.
Before she left the house to drop the cake by the church and head for work,
Alice woke her daughter Amanda and gave her some money and specific
instructions to be at the bake sale the moment it opened at 9:30 and to buy the
cake and bring it home.
When Amanda arrived at the sale, she found the attractive, perfect cake had
already been sold. She grabbed her cell phone and called her mom.
Alice was horrified - she was beside herself. Everyone would know! What would
they think? She would be ostracized, talked about, and ridiculed! All night,
Alice lay awake in bed thinking about people pointing fingers at her and
talking about her behind her back.
The next day, Alice promised herself she would try not to think about the cake
and would attend the fancy luncheon/bridal shower at the home of a fellow
church member and try to have a good time. Alice did not want to attend because
the hostess was a snob who more than once had looked down her nose at Alice
because she was a single parent and not from the founding families of her city
but, having already RSVP'd, she couldn't think of a believable excuse to stay
home.
The meal was elegant, the company was definitely upper crust and, to Alice 's
horror, the cake in question was presented for dessert! Alice felt the blood
drain from her body when she saw the cake!
She started out of her chair to tell the hostess all about it, but before she
could get to her feet, the Mayor's wife said, "What a beautiful cake!"
Alice still stunned, sat back in her chair when she heard the hostess (who was
also a prominent church member) say, "Thank you. I baked it myself."
Alice smiled and thought to herself, "God is good."
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