Serving Cookies

Although a month delayed in posting, these thoughts have been 

consuming my mind lately. While preparing these cookies for 

a cookie exchange party with friends… 

{Recipe for Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies}

… my thoughts wandered.

{3/4 stick Crisco baking sticks- butter flavored}

{3/4 cup sugar}

{3/4 cup packed brown sugar}

 Enjoying time alone in the kitchen, is an act… 

… of service, of joy, of friendship.

{2 large eggs}

{2 teaspoons vanilla extract}

Taking quite moments even in the midst of a busy season… 

{1 cup flour}

{1 teaspoon baking soda}

{1 teaspoon ground cinnamon}

{1/4 teaspoon salt}

… to serve, to enjoy, to be together. 

{2 2/4 old-fashioned rolled oats}

{1 cup dried cranberries}

{1 cup chopped walnuts}

{optional: substitute white chocolate chips for walnuts}

 Friends are worth it! Slowing down is worth it! Being creative is worth it!

{Beat Crisco stick, sugar, brown sugar in large bowl}

{Beat in eggs and vanilla}

{Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt in small bowl}

{Combine flour combination with sugar combination}

 It's necessary for us to slow down, take time to remember…

{stir in oats, cranberries, white chocolate chips}

{drop a tablespoon or so of dough 2 inches apart}

{Bake at 350* for 10-12 minutes}

… this life is not about us, but about knowing Christ 

and making Him known to others. 

{melt additional white chocolate chips to make icing}

Sometimes this is done by making cookies in your kitchen, 

worshipping Christ while you sing aloud as you bake.

{use wax paper to make an icing bag}

{drizzle over cookies to your liking}

Sometimes it's taking the moments to reflect on what Christ is 

doing in your life amidst good friends.

 {serve to friends}

{enjoy a few yourself}

Sometimes it's serving others even when we'd rather be 

eating cookies curled up on our own couch. 

~ this is about so much more than just cookies… it's about living our lives~

~worthy of the calling we have received~