Six -year-old Brandon decided one Saturday morning to fix his   parents
    pancakes. He found a big bowl and spoon, pulled a chair to the  counter,
    opened the cupboard and pulled out the heavy flour canister, spilling  it on the floor.
     
He scooped some of the  flour into the bowl with his hands,
mixed in most of a cup of milk  and added some sugar, leaving a floury trail on
the  floor which by now  had a few tracks left by his kitten.
     
Brandon was covered  with flour and getting frustrated.

He wanted  this to be  something very good for Mom and Dad, but it was getting very bad.
He didn't know what to do next, whether to put it all  into the  oven  or  on  the stove

and he didn't know how the stove worked!.  Suddenly he saw  his kitten licking from the bowl of mix

and reached to push her away,  knocking  the egg carton to the  floor.
Frantically he tried to clean up this monumental  mess but slipped  on  the  eggs,

getting his pajamas white and  sticky.
      
And just then he saw Dad standing at the door. Big crocodile tears  welled  up in Brandon's eyes.

All he'd  wanted to do was something good, but   he'd  made  a  terrible mess. 

He was sure a scolding was coming, maybe even a  spanking.

      But  his father just watched him.
     
      Then, walking through the mess, he picked up his crying son, hugged him and
      loved him, getting his own pajamas white and sticky in the process.

      That's how  God deals with us. We try to do something good in life,   but it
      turns into a mess. Our marriage gets all sticky or we insult a friend, or we
      can't stand our job, or our health goes sour.
     
      Sometimes we just stand there in tears because we can't think of  anything
      else to do.  That's when God picks us up and loves us and  forgives  us,
      even though some of our mess gets all  over Him.

      But just because we might mess up, we can't stop trying to" make  pancakes"
      for God or for others.  Sooner or later we'll  get it right, and  then  they'll  be glad we tried...
     
      Please  pass some of this love on to others....suppose one morning you were
      called to God; do all your friends know you love  them?
     
      I was thinking... and I wondered if I had any wounds needing to be  healed,
      friendships that need rekindling or three words needing to be said,
      sometimes, "I love you" can heal & bless!  Remind every one of your friends
      that you love them.  Even if you think they don't love back, you would  be
     amazed at what those three little words, a smile, and a reminder  like
      this  can do.
     
      Just in case I haven't told you lately...  I LOVE  YA!!!
     
      "Work like you don't need the money.

      Love like you've never been hurt.

      Dance like nobody's watching..."
    

  Richard Leigh
     

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