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Author: Dave McKay Article source: http://cust.idl.net.au/. Used with author's permission.
Behold, a certain young maiden did often times and at strange
hours greatly desire a pizza. This would often happen in the
second or the third watch, when home delivery was not
available. At such times there would be much weeping and
gnashing of teeth because she could not have the desire of
her heart.
And so she spake thus with herself: "If I would but learn to
make my own pizza, then when the desire cometh upon me
in the night hours, I shall be able to have pizza straightaway,
without waiting for the pizza merchants to re-open when the
cock croweth."
The following day she sought out the school of one Papa
Giuseppe, who gave instruction on the making of pizza.
The maiden had not long been in the presence of her new
Master before she learned that a pizza base consisteth
wholly of flour, water, yeast, salt and sugar. Because she
was loathe to wait continually upon her Master, for the many
hours of study that he required of his disciples, she
departed from his presence straightway after hearing of the
ingredients.
When she was in her own home, she did search until she
had found all of the necessary items, and she put an equal
measure of each into a large earthen vessel, and did eat
from it.
"Pshaw!" she exclaimed, as the ingredients spewed forth
from her mouth. "The truth is not in my Master," she
reasoned with herself. "This food tasteth badly of salt and
yeast. I will go to him and remonstrate him for his
deception."
"I have not wronged you," said the good Master when he had
heard the maiden's story. "If you had continued steadfastly
in my word, like my true disciples have done, you would
have learned the correct measure for each of those
ingredients."
The maiden was humbled beyond measure by this new
revelation. "Surely, I was too impatient with Master
Giuseppe," she said. "I will return to his class a second
time, and hear more of what he has to say."
And so she listened once again to the words of the great
pizza maker, until she was fully instructed in the ways of
weights and measures.
She did hide all these things in her heart (and on the
notepad in her laptop computer), after which she made
haste to leave the classroom and return home once again.
There she made use of that which she had learned from the
Master. Her weights and her measurements were without
equal throughout all the land.
But lo, her labours failed yet a second time, for that which
she produced was of the nature of silly putty. It did take the
shape of whatsoever vessel wherein it had been placed. "My
hand runneth over," she said upon trying to pick up a piece
of the pizza. And upon biting into it, there was not the familiar
crunch in which her soul had taken such delight in days
gone by. Instead, her mouth was filled with softness, and
the taste was that of the glue which the scribes do use
when binding their books.
She returned to her master, greatly distressed, and did
enquire as to why he had taught her such untruths.
"But I have not misled you," said the kindly Giuseppe. "The
mixture must first be cooked, before it is meet for human
consumption."
Alas, the poor maiden was humbled yet again.
Nevertheless, though she returned many times to the
Master's feet, each time she learned a new truth, she
believed that she was his equal, and that she had no further
need to learn from him. Because of this, her learning was
painfully slow.
Now there were certain other foolish students like herself,
who hurried off to try what they had learned from Papa
Giuseppe as well. But when their "pizzas" fell short of the
glory that they had so desired, they cast aside all hope of
making pizzas and returned to peanut butter sandwiches
instead. Their hearts became hardened against the good
Papa, and they blamed him for their failures, when it was
these foolish students themselves who were the cause of
their own problems.
Our young maiden was foolish for not being faithful in her
attendance at the pizza-making classes; but she was less
foolish than her equals, because she returned to learn
more when her own understanding failed.
So learn a lesson from the foolish young maiden. Follow
your Master faithfully, and do not stray from his side until you
have hidden in your heart all that he hath to say.
And learn likewise from the wisdom of the foolish
young maiden. For, if you should stray from the way, do not
heap scorn on your Master or on those whom he may have
used to show you some small part of the truth. If your efforts
fail, return to him and learn again the hidden truths that can
only be learned by one who is of a broken and a contrite
heart.
Dave here: I don't often write "cute" articles like this,
because the style can so easily blind people to the
message. The message is a serious one.
Denominationalism grew from people running off with one
truth, and using it as an excuse to scorn those who
possessed other parts of the truth. And atheism has grown
from the tendency to blame God for our own finite
understanding of his will. All who wish to develop into true
leaders must first learn how to follow, and to wait patiently
for the right time to step out. Dave McKay and his wife Cherry are co-founders of the
Jesus Christian communities, with bases in Sydney (where
they live), Nairobi, London, and Los Angeles. Their website
is jesuschristians.com You can write to Dave himself at
fold@idl.net.au
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