Chocolate Chip Cookies

I used to make these amazing chocolate chip cookies, if I do say so myself. They had the perfect blend of white chocolate, dark chocolate, and milk chocolate chips. Occasionally, I'd throw in a few different types of chopped nuts, or some dried fruit, not raisins/sultanas but nice fruits like apricots. I'd mix it up with this perfect cookie dough recipe, and in just a bit there would be warm, tasty cookies being pulled out of the oven, ready to bite into.

I find that often the church is like one big cookie. There's lots of different chocolate bits, some nutty bits, some fruity bits, all very different, with different gifts and callings, but when held together with God, it makes something beautifully tasty and wonderful, something that draws in others of all kinds.

I think something for us to remember as we work and fellowship with others who are different than us is that all the bits are necessary, and if any of the bits are missing, we lose something vital to the taste of the church. God has created each individual with something to contribute to the whole.

So love on others today, even if you don't seem to agree with or understand them.