Cookie Jar Devotions

By Marti Greenwalt Roberts

Cookie Jar Devotions is an inspiring collection of the author's life experiences that will make you laugh and cry. Readers will relate to the mistakes and joys that are described in baking and sharing cookies. Through these devotions, you can journey with the author from California to the Caribbean, England, Africa, and Asia. In addition to cookie recipes, the reader will find encouraging scriptures for each day of the month, accompanied by a prayer.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Jun 8, 2020
• ISBN: 9781098025250

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The Cookie Jar

Proverbs 31:30–31

Proverbs 23:1–3

Every summer, my parents would pack up the ’56 station wagon and head for Oklahoma to see my grandparents. Dad was the pastor of a church in California, so we always left at night to escape the desert heat in Arizona. After traveling for two days, our grandparents’ country home was a welcome sight! As soon as we turned into the gravel driveway, we could smell those lemon sugar cookies!

My brothers and I would scramble out of the car, into my grandparents’ arms. Then we ran into the kitchen to look inside the faded red jar on the kitchen countertop. Those lemon sugar cookies were so good!

We didn’t care about the old faded red jar. It was what was inside that mattered! Those cookies made us feel loved and content.

Society has made many of us feel that it is our outward beauty that is important. Our self-image depends on how we think we appear to other people. Television commercials and magazine ads encourage us to change our body, our hair, and our clothes. While these are good things, we often lose sight of what is most important. God judges our hearts, while man looks on the outward appearance.

Prayer: Lord, help me to remember what is most important, and to focus on my heart. Help me not to judge others by what they look like, but to look at them through your eyes. Make me an acceptable messenger of your love.

Prepare to Bake

II Timothy 2:20

Ephesians 6:13–17

A well-intentioned lady hosted a baby shower for an expectant mother in her church. When the guests arrived, they noticed that decorative pink and blue crepe paper had been attached to only a small part of the ceiling. Oh, well! Lots of people have challenges when it comes to decorating!

After several games had been played, cookies and punch were served to enjoy while the gifts were being opened. At this time, the hostess made an announcement. She had run out of sugar (possibly a cup) while in the process of mixing the cookies but had decided to bake them anyway. The guests smiled politely and choked down a few bites. Obviously, the hostess had not prepared adequately for the baby shower.

Preparation is important, whether it be in baking cookies or