yeah. this is all gonna turn out alright.

This came to me in a dream.

Righteousness, the cake I'm baking alongside all Christians over time and space. As I follow the recipe of scripture, mixing four parts purity, one part weeping, ten parts mercy, one part repentance, I get the feeling that others have measured this combination before.

And as I begin to watch the batter swirling into a sweet conclusion in the buttered pan, I think.....

yeah. this is all gonna turn out alright.

As I slide my pan into the hot oven, and the wave of heat fogs my glasses I think---maybe I'll survive this after all.

Maybe the warmth and the fire will set me free and when Jesus peeks over the oven door twenty five minutes from now he'll celebrate and say:

"And I will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.....Behold. I make all things new."
Revelation 21:4-5

Being a Christian is like making a cake----except halfway through, you hand the spoon to Jesus and finally admit that you are the cake. Surprised by this fact, you totally lose all composure and then you're both standing in the kitchen and the spoon is on the floor, your head is on Jesus' shoulder and you're crying and he says....

yeah. this is all gonna turn out alright.

"Assemble yourselves and come, Gather together from all sides to my sacrificial meal which I am sacrificing for you, A great sacrificial meal on the mountains of Israel, That you may eat flesh and drink blood."
Ezekiel 39:17