This
evening I was on Pinterest and I kept seeing pictures of yummy looking
desserts, so I decided I was going to make something! I wasn't sure whether I
wanted some type of cookie or a cake. I Google'd "cupcake cookie" and my first search
result was from Allrecipes.com "The best cupcake ever!" It looked good so I chose that one! Everyone
wanted the cupcake cookies pretty quickly so I didn't get to follow the recipe
to a T. I didn't chill the cookie dough balls for 2 hours, I’m not sure if it
would have made that big of a difference but I guess next time I make them I
will find out. I also didn't have cupcake papers so I just sprayed the silicone
cupcake pan I used and they slid right out after they cooled. (Which silicone
cools pretty quickly so I think it makes the cupcakes cool faster, personal
opinion.) My cupcake cookies didn't look as fancy as the ones in the picture on
the website because I made my own chocolate icing instead of using icing from a
can. After all of the baking/icing process we finally got to eat them and they
were very good! I would make them again and I’d recommend them to anyone. If
they aren't "The best cupcake ever," they're pretty close to it!
Hope you try them soon!
Yours Truly, ~ Emily ~
What
sparked me to write about this topic was the newly released song "Forgiveness"by Matthew West. I've heard this
song on the radio for a few months and have recently memorized almost all of
the words because they are so true! Why is it so much easier for us to hold a
grudge against someone, instead of saying three simple words "I forgive
you" or simply forgiving someone in our hearts? Maybe because we're human,
but to me that's not a good enough excuse. Everyone at some point in their life
has been guilty of holding a grudge against someone, for 5 minutes or over 10
years. Maybe someone hurt you so bad or did something so awful to or against
you, that you think "I could never forgive them!" But when we think
that, we aren't having the right heart about it. In Matthew 18:21 Peter asks
the Lord Jesus "how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive
him? till seven times?" In Matthew 18:22 Jesus replied to Peter "I
say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven."
Seventy times seven is four hundred ninety. If we follow what Jesus said, and
can forgive someone four hundred ninety times surely we could forgive multiple
times after that. But if reading the Bible and seeing the words of Jesus in red
saying we need to forgive four hundred ninety times isn't enough, remembering
that God sent his only son Jesus to die on the cross to FORGIVE all of our
sins, should be enough to make us forgive others! Seriously who am I to hold a grudge
against anyone? I am an unworthy sinner who’s saved by grace through faith!
