"Do
you see flaws or beauty?"
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A friend recently made a lemon meringue pie for me.
Her husband brought it to our home. I looked at it,
wiped the drool from my chin, and asked, “Are
you sure she made this? It’s beautiful and looks
like a professional pie baker created it!” He
smiled and assured me that she had made it.
The couple stayed for dinner and when it was time
for dessert, I told my friend that her pie was just
too beautiful for me to cut and asked if she wanted
to do it. She said she would so I got out the plates
and pie server for her.
I stood next to her as she cut the pie and said, “This
pie is so beautiful I thought a professional pie baker
made it. It looks like one of your best!”
She replied, “Well, no, it’s not one of
my best. The meringue didn’t cooperate with me.
Do you see how it pulled back from the edges of the
pie here? I don’t know what I did wrong, but it
just didn’t turn out like I wanted.”
I saw a beautiful pie. She saw all of its flaws.
What will you see today as you listen to life and
make a life, not just a living? Look past the flaws
and see the beauty…and taste the sweetness today.
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