Today I was making hot cross buns ... something I enjoy doing and have done many many times but today was different .... perhaps because right now the fire of my life is pretty intense .... First one must mix up the dough, and then let it rise (mature?)... once that step is completed, the dough is broken apart and shaped into individual buns ... again, the dough is allowed to sit (further maturing?) .. after the appropriate time, the oven (fire) is heated ... as the desired temperature is reached, one takes a knife and cuts a cross into the top of each bun ... the knife must not simply slide along the surface of the dough, it actually has to cut a bit into the dough ..... the buns are then placed into the hot oven to bake ... this baking forever imprints the shape of the cross in the dough and the buns come out marked and ready to eat.
and is not this just like life with Jesus ....
He takes the clay of us, shapes us, lets us mature a bit, marks us with His cross, sets us in the fire of life which burns off any impurities and we come out forever marked by Him ... His cross ....so that we can then feed others ...
