missing the obvious

when christy and i were baking pumpkin bread the other night, i was looking high and low for mixing bowls. we found some that did the trick, but after the bread was in the oven, christy looked up at the wall to see three mounted pampered chef mixing bowls and said, “D, why haven’t we been using these?” genius. so, the next project will employ the better quality bowls, which were a gift from a colleague during my teaching years. but we had a good laugh and i wondered where my brain had been. i fail to catch the obvious a lot. the recent read is another example, but one that leaves me significantly more mystified. how have i known God since childhood but go on in near blindness to certain basic truths…

“i am sent into the world as one loved before the world began. when our deepest truth is that we are the beloved and when our greatest joy and peace come from fully claiming that truth, it follows that this has to become visible and tangible in the ways we eat and drink, talk and love, play and work” (Life of the Beloved by Nouwen)

one can hope! good reminder along these lines at church last night, something that encouraged me to stop cracking the whip and to work through feeling defeated over my slowness in learning. the message concluded with thoughts about dealing with past sin / present weakness and a challenge to believe the gospel and walk in light of its hope: Jesus has forgiven and conquered past and present.

also learned this weekend to make some white chocolate etc. cookies. used christy’s aunt’s dough recipe and then she threw in white chocolate chips, macadamia nuts and dried blueberries. she also put some dough aside for chocolate chips, nuts and coconut. loved both!