My wife and I enjoy chocolate cake, especially with chocolate icing.

Recently, we purchased chocolate brownies with chocolate icing from Jewel. They were moist and the icing was delicious.

As I was trying to find a suitable gift for my wife for Mother’s Day, I came up with what turned out to be a crazy idea. I googled “The Best Chocolate Cake in the United States” and was referred to a bakery in Florida that the movie stars brag about. In a moment of insanity, I ordered a cake as her Mother’s Day gift, which came packaged and frozen. It was definitely crazy, as the cost of packaging and shipping via UPS ended up being almost as much as the cake itself.

When we tried the cake on Mother’s Day, it was so rich that we did not really enjoy it. In fact, we each said that we actually prefer the brownies from Jewel.

As I thought about it, I did see a spiritual message in this though.

Sometimes, we can be tempted to say that we plan to have special time with our loving Lord on vacation, or on a retreat, or watching a spiritual movie, or reading a spiritual book. While this can happen, but we are waiting for that opportunity, we may miss the special moments God gives us in day-to-day life. He is always present and waiting to spend time with us.

Let’s enjoy the little blessings in life that God gives us each day.

By: Deacon Tom Gryzbek