Baking Cookies

I've had an intense weekend... two all-day college visits = mental overload and exhaustion. So when one of my best friends called me wanting to go to a movie today, I really REALLY didn't want to deal with anyone.

My self-imposed solitude was relaxing, but boredom was not far behind. I decided to do something that I don't normally do... I baked cookies. From scratch. Now, I usually don't have the patience to deal with baking. It is often long, arduous, and messy. But for some reason, the smell of baking cookies puts a smile on my face. It makes me think of family and the simpler things, like the smell of popcorn in a movie theater or apple cider at a family pumpkin patch. There is just something about that smell.



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 While baking them, I began to realize just how many cookies there were... and I didn't really want to eat them all... I'd much rather make them than eat them. As I watched the dough rise at the heat of the oven, I realized just how foolish I had been. In my solitude, I baked enough cookies to feed a large family.

I knew then that I wasn't meant to be alone at that moment. I called  up some of my best friends, including the one I had turned down earlier, and I invited them to eat cookies and just hang out. It was hard at first to get people here on a Saturday night at such short notice... but it was worth it.

God may ask us to act alone in tests of faith, but generally, He doesn't want us to be alone. We should have fellowship with others who will guide us, hold us up, and sometimes just make us laugh and have fun. And so, when you're down and tired or frustrated, think twice before settling into a self-pity party. Seek fellowship, first and foremost with God, then with others. God gives us people in our lives for a reason, and sometimes, we have to utilize them.