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Both Sides Now


It wasn’t the basis for a law suit, but the disappointment was still there.  Every time I made one and took it out, it just didn’t look like the one that was pictured on the box.  It sure tasted good though, every time, but it just didn’t meet the look-like expectations.

We’re talking waffles here.  You know the waffles with the deep indentions where the butter and syrup almost seem to disappear.  Every time I mixed up the batter, put the batter in the waffle maker and took it out when it was done, well, it just didn’t look like the waffle in the picture on the waffle maker box.  But it sure tasted good.

Then one day I took the waffle out and, for some reason, flipped it over as I put it on my plate.  Wow!  What do you know!  The waffle looked just like the one pictured on the waffle maker box!  Funny thing about waffles and most waffle makers, a different pattern is created on each side of the waffle as the batter is being cooked.

It all reminds me of my need to be regularly taught the Word of God.

Wait!  Waffles remind me of that?  How so?   With the waffles from my waffle maker, if you look at one side over and over again, you miss out on seeing what might be on the other side.  So it is when I’m taught the Word of God.  Someone else might bring a perspective or a view that I may have not noticed before.  It’s kind of like flipping something over and seeing it from a different angle. 

Speaking of seeing something, the main focus of the Word of God is Jesus.  We are, in fact, encouraged to fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith (Heb 12:2).  So when I see Jesus from a different angle, I sometimes see aspects of His person that I may not have noticed before. 

I’ve seen my waffles from both sides now.  With Jesus, we can never exhaust all the views we could have of Him but we can sure spend a lifetime trying!

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