I love seeing the changes Callie is going through from
little girl to young woman. At 12 years of age, she still loves to hold my hand
when we are out and about and play teacher in her pretend school but then
moments later she will be asking me how to apply eye makeup or which necklace
should she wear with her outfit. I love her sweet innocence but also how she is
developing into a godly young woman.
As we have our new school year planned and ready for
commencement tomorrow morning, part of Callie’s curriculum is good
old-fashioned “Home Ec”. She will be required to plan and prepare one family
dinner a week in our home. In
looking over recipe books and getting excited, today, she decided to make a
cookie recipe out of my Grannie’s cookbook. This is a recipe we usually only
make on our annual “Christmas Cookie Day” but she decided that we needed to
make it a summer thing too. Haha! Callie is a great little chef and does an
amazing job! I left her alone to bake and came downstairs just after she put
them into the oven. When I took a peek inside, all the cookies had run together
and it looked like pure liquid on the pan. Yikes!
I asked Callie if she had followed the directions and she
immediately said, “Yes”. As I went over the recipe with her, she realized that
she only put in ¼ cup of flour instead of the 2-¼ cups it called for. She was
heartbroken that she messed up. At
that moment she wanted to give up and felt defeated. But as her mom, I wanted her to see that we all make mistakes
and the only way we learn is to do it again and follow the directions. After all, she has eaten my cooking for
years and it is definitely not all success. Lol! It was a hard teachable moment
for Callie. She didn’t want to do it again but through a few tears she
persevered and put the second batch in the oven. When the cookies came out beautiful
and completed, she felt proud. She saw that mistakes can be corrected and
beautiful things can come out of it. What a precious moment that was! I hugged
her tightly and told her how proud I am of the young woman she is becoming.
Though it is hard, God will see her through and her mom will be there to guide
her… always with a hug!
I know that a story about a botched job of cookies probably
isn’t exactly what most would consider a teachable moment, but I pray that
every moment in our home is a teachable one. I want God to grow us closer to
him through all our mistakes and successes.
As I went through this time with Callie today, I was able to
share with her how God has taken my many mistakes and drawn me closer to him.
Though at times I wanted to throw my hands up and quit, He guided me to
persevere so I could learn and grow. My Heavenly Father comforts me and shows
me through His Word just how much He loves me and how proud He is of me….just
as I am of my sweet Callie!
“Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and
teach me, for you are God my Savior, and
my hope is in you all day long.”
Psalm 25:4-5 (NIV)
“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should
be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason
the world does not know us is that it did not know him.”
1 John 3:1
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| The finished product! |
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| Caleb aka "Iron Man" approves! |
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