Don’t you love this time of year? Colorful buds are all around us! Mardi Gras brings hopes that Spring is just around the corner. A few hints of warmer weather and a weekend in New Orleans is just what southerners look forward to in February.
Mardi Gras King Cakes are on every grocery and bakery shelf. Last year, 25 Almond Cream Cheese King Cakes were loaded in my car as I was driving around town delivering them to some of my husband’s best referrals. I had an epiphany. It occurred to me that King Cakes have a baby on them.
As the aroma of sugary cakes swirled in my car, I thought, “Jesus is King, and He came to the earth in the form of a baby.” Now here’s the part that gets weird! ….Wait for it….
“Sweet Jesus!”
He’s everywhere this time of year! He can take a Festival in New Orleans that isn’t a Christian event and turn it in to a day of worship in my car.
As I researched the history of King Cakes, there is a reference to the 3 Kings (Magi) who searches for baby Jesus to present Him gifts. So as in the cake, we search for the baby. Well, nobody had ever explained that to me before.
That’s the God we serve y’all! If we are willing, He will meet us where we are. Whether we are anxious, or at peace, If we open our hearts, minds, eyes, and souls to looking up, gazing on the goodness He has for us, He will show up. And oh how Sweet!
There’s a hymn that sings, “One day at a time, Sweet Jesus.” And don’t you know that was playing in my car while those King Cakes lured me in to worship with the One True King…Jesus!
So as you enjoy the last piece of King Cake, remember “Sweet Jesus!”
He loves you! Carrie On and Stay High!
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Stay High 