Daily Devotional for December 30, 2020
Pizza, Please
“We’re hungry!” announced Addison after she and her cousin Morgan helped their grandmother get her house ready for their family’s New Year’s Eve party.
“Then I guess you’d like something to eat,” said Grandma. “What sounds good?”
“Pizza!” the girls sang out together.
Grandma smiled. “Don’t know why I asked. It seems like pizza is America’s favorite meal. Okay, pizza it is—we’ll make it.”
They got out the ingredients to make the dough. When it was ready, both girls helped spread the pizza sauce. Morgan tasted it as Grandma placed an assortment of cheeses and pizza toppings on the counter. “This sauce isn’t great by itself,” Morgan said. “Neither is the crust.”
Addison laughed. “No, but it’s good compared to onions. They’re okay on pizza, but I don’t like them raw…or green peppers either.”
The girls talked as they continued preparing the pizza. “I wish I didn’t have to go to school,” Morgan said. “All my subjects seem really hard this year. I have to study a lot, and I still have a hard time understanding it all.” She popped a slice of pepperoni into her mouth. “Oh, yum! Pepperoni is good by itself!”
“So is this cheese,” said Addison. She sighed. “At least you don’t have to deal with little kids bugging you at a school building. Sometimes I wish I weren’t homeschooled. My little brother and sister always come barging into my room when I’m trying to do schoolwork!”
Morgan grinned. “Yeah, but they’re so cute! And you have so much fun playing with them when you’re not studying. You’ve really got it good. Hasn’t she, Grandma?”
“We all have it good,” Grandma replied. “I was just thinking that life is a lot like pizza. We like some of the ingredients—or experiences—and not others. But God uses all of them to help us become more like Jesus. Difficult schoolwork can help us learn to apply ourselves and persevere when things aren’t easy. Little brothers or sisters can teach us patience. God uses all of life’s ingredients for our good.”
Morgan sighed. “I guess you’re right, Grandma. When we have to deal with things in life we don’t like, we need to remember that all the pizza ingredients—even the onions—taste good when they’re baked together.” • Lucinda J. Rollings
How about you?
How does life taste to you? Are you really pleased about something that’s happening in your life right now? Are you unhappy about something else? When you don’t like the taste of one of life’s ingredients, think of pizza and remember that God loves you and watches over you in everything you go through. Trust Him to help you through difficulties and work all your experiences together for your good.
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