Mixing It Up


I'm in love with a mixer.  Yes, its the Empire Red KitchenAid Artisan Stand Mixer.  An avid cook, kitchen appliances and utensils rank on my wish list.  I've been drooling over her for quite some time.

See this beauty?  She's my Sunbeam.  Purchased from a neighbor after his wife passed away from cancer, she is my first stand mixer.  She has a heavy duty motor, dough hook, and she mixes a mean batch of chocolate icing.  The kind that leaves your average hand mixer smokin'.

In all honesty, the KitchenAid Artisan mixer is a shiny newer version of what I already have. 

My Sunbeam has created many memories in our home...birthday cakes, goodies for friends and family, and most importantly the opportunity for me and my children to spend time together.

I didn't get to know my neighbor that well, she passed not too long after we moved here.  But I am sure the mixer made plenty of memories in her house too.  I understand she loved to cook like I do.

This week, God chose my Sunbeam to inspire my message.

I am turning 40 this year.  There are plenty of days I'm starting to feel less like the KitchenAid and more like my Sunbeam; not nearly as shiny, a little out of date on my technology and worn from plenty of use.  Its not a feeling of being old, but more of a realization of a greater purpose.

Titus 2:3-5 NIV
3 In the same way, older women are to be reverent in behavior. They are to teach what is good, 4 so they may encourage the young women to love their husbands and to love their children, 5 to be self-controlled, pure, homemakers, kind, and submissive to their husbands, so that God’s message will not be slandered.

I can think proudly on many women who have made a significant impact on my life and continue to do so every day.  They are prayer warriors, dedicated wives and loving mothers.  They are examples I have followed and ladies of which I have asked advice.  They are a little worn too from life, but oh, the stories they can pass along.

While making a simple batch of cookies with my Sunbeam, I realized I have become one of those women.  Now its my turn to not only look up to those who have more experience and have stood the test of time, but to turn around and to be an example for those coming behind me.

The realization others are watching and learning not only creates an exciting opportunity, but a challange to make sure we walk the walk.  Our actions not only affect ourselves, but those who may be following our example.

Red and shiny she may not be, but that Sunbeam is still making tons of tasty treats.  From the looks of this blog, its also creating a stronger and better woman.  Maybe I'm not as ready for that new mixer as I thought I was.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Settling for Less

Image
Hope.  It is a huge little four letter word. Without it we live a life of darkness.  It is the ray of light that is able to pierce through places we cannot see. I am so glad to have the hope of Christ Jesus and his promise of eternal life.  It is so reassuring knowing the suffering and pain we have here on earth will be over, and one day we we will spend eternity in his presence. Even though I know I have this incredible promise, I am so guilty of selling short his ability to work in my day to day life. Friday was a road trip day.  I had the radio off, driving and following the directions of my little google app voice.  It wasn't the Google app automated voice that I heard most clearly.  It was the one who reminded me of the verses above, and how I so often settle for less than he wants for me.  Why?  Because I don't bother to ask. This girl has set some pretty lofty goals for 2016, and I am expecting it to be a year of change.   However, there are other areas of my lif
Read more

On a Very Personal Note-Perfect Peace

Image
My blog has been silent for a couple of weeks.  I've spent a lot of time listening, intensely, to the call God placed on my heart more than two years ago.  Until now I have been able to shove it neatly back into that corner, waiting on this huge opportunity for everything to fall perfectly into place as I wanted it to happen. God has called our family to make changes this year.  We started off looking at a relocation, to make things logistically easier.  Instead change has been about awakening our very complacent spiritual souls and reviving the heart of our family.  We have been so guilty of "going through the motions" of life, living by a checklist of what needs to be done, then falling into bed exhausted at the end of the day with nothing left to give. I have been so incredibly blessed with a job that has fed my passionate desire to help people.  Its been an honor to know that every day I worked, I made a difference in the lives of people across our world, a
Read more

A True Friend

There may be a lonely valley, waiting just around the bend. Many trials will come, before I reach my journey’s end. But through them I’ll be faithful, as I walk in victory. Pressing toward to the moment when my father says to me: Well done my child, your race is over You have fought the fight, and you’ve kept the faith Enter in to the joy of the Lord. Well done my child, you crown is waiting. Here is your robe of white, your mansion is just inside. Come in to the city of the light, well done my child… When I finally see the streets of Gold and the gates of pearl. I know that I’ll forget my every struggle in this world. Every pain and heartache will quickly fade away. In that glorious moment when, I hear my Savior say: Well done my child, your race is over You have fought the fight, and you’ve kept the faith Enter in to the joy of the Lord. Well done my child, you crown is waiting. Here is your robe of white, your mansion is just inside. Come in to the city of the l
Read more