Unforgettable Love

My Mom is a great cook, which she would probably deny, but it’s the truth.  That is why it is so odd that one of our family’s holiday traditions is to tease her about burning the rolls.

Her holiday meals always looked and tasted fantastic.  One Thanksgiving she was putting the last dish on the table when someone said that they smelled something burning.  It was the rolls.  She had put them in the oven while she put the finishing touches on the serving platters and forgot about them.  That can happen to anyone and you might think us cruel to never let her forget one simple mistake.  The problem was that for a few years in row she repeated the same mistake which became just too tempting to ignore and the teasing became a holiday tradition.

Knowing it was done in love she took it with grace and patience.  She could afford to be patient, as all parents can, knowing that eventually her children would be the ones serving the holiday meal and that great moment would dawn when they would appreciate all the effort and love that went into it.  I won’t name names but I can remember a few holiday meals that included mistakes by other members of the family that rivaled hers. If they had been repeated I am sure the burnt rolls would have been forgotten.

How gracious and patient our Heavenly Father is to wait for us recognize our sins.  It doesn’t matter what we’ve done or even that we have made the same mistakes over and over again.  He waits for us to ask His forgiveness and accept the effort and love that went into the sacrifice of His Son Jesus, so that we will always know we are loved even when we burn the rolls.