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My father loved chocolate chip cookies. And not just any cookie recipe. He wanted the one on the Nestle chocolate morsels package, called “Toll House.” Growing up I made them so many times I had practically memorized the recipe. Later the grandchildren helped their mothers make them for special occasions, like Daddy’s birthday. One year his grandson proudly presented him with a package, saying, “It’s a surprise. It’s cookies.”
I don’t make the cookies very much anymore. But I have discovered that the same recipe can be spread in a pan to make bar cookies and brownies. Easier to make than all those little drops of batter onto the sheet. Same great taste!
So when someone offers me a chocolate chip cookie or brownie, I think of my father. And I remember the efforts we made to please him with his favorite recipe. Really a simple way to express the love which he showed to us every day.
Gracious God, we ask for your blessing on us as we share food with those we love. May the sweetness of a dessert bring back sweet memories with loved ones and renew our gratitude for your unending care for us. We offer our prayer in the name of the One who came that we might have abundant life. Amen.
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