This afternoon I made banana bread and it got me thinking.....
I have had 2 bananas in my kitchen that have been calling my name ("Carlena, come eat me.....") but I have not eaten them because I knew that if I waited a few more days they would be perfect for banana bread. I have a recipe for banana bread that I wanted to try but instead I used the same old recipe that I have been using for years.
You want to know why??
TWO WORDS... My Husband!
I knew if I tried a new recipe he would say.... "Why did you try something different? There was nothing wrong with your old recipe." Even though my old recipe might be the best one in the whole world - or maybe it tastes like a banana flavored sponge... he is still the kind of person that likes things to be the same. At dinner, I often hear...."This is ok - but it tastes different than the last time you made it." or my personal favorite... "This tastes different than how my mom made it". He can't remember my birthday but he can remember how his mom cooked oatmeal 37 years ago.
I am not husband bashing just thinking out loud. I'm wondering why it is so easy to get caught in the rut of doing things comfortable and the same all the time? I am guilty of that. I think a lot of people are. Can you imagine what it would be like if we all picked one thing a day to do different? One thing a week outside our comfort zone? One thing a month that challenged our faith?
I am going to go to my 20th high school reunion this summer and I wonder how people have changed. Will it be easy to recognize my classmates? How have they changed? How have I changed? What am I doing to make a difference? How am I allowing God to change my recipe to make me be better banana bread?
So, this is just something I am thinking about as I begin a new week and as we head into Spring.
That's it for now.
I hear some banana bread calling my name.....
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