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I’m taking a break before Amanda and I head to my birthday party at our friend Matt’s SWEET… hear me… SWEET condo on St. Simons Island right on the beach. It’s hot.

I want to tell you about an epiphany I had during lunch. I looked at Amanda who still had a little flour on her shoulder from making cake batter earlier in the day. This cake batter was for a cake she was making me. A castle cake. With a moat. It’s pretty sweet.

What happened next might have changed my life.

I looked at it and smiled. She asked kind of cautiously what I was laughing at. I told her I was looking at the flour on her shoulder and it was like hearing “I love you” again. What says I love you better than a castle cake for your birthday? At that time, nothing. But later in the day seeing this residue of her love for me, I couldn’t ignore it. It was a reminder, proof, that she loves me. I got teary eyed as I told her all of this. She saw it and then I got a big sweet hug out of the deal. What a great morning.

So, just like Jesus would have done with this opportunity, here’s a lesson…

Many times we do silly things or things that really don’t seem like that big of a deal. This castle cake is both of those at it’s core. It’s eggs, flour, and icing. It’s in the shape of a castle. On the surface it’s not that impressive just hearing about it. But in my shoes… the shoes of a guy who’s wife just spent all morning making him a cake… this IS a big deal.

That cake said “I love you”. It screamed it.

The flour on her shoulder echoed it.

Right now I’m telling you about it and the echo rings again.

So guys, remember to do silly things. Do things that don’t seem that big. Do these silly little things for people because you love these people. You never know how long the echoes of this love may ring. You may never know how it will impact their lives. You may never know how many other people will receive the effects of this love.

On this note I’d love to recommend a book called “Making Ripples” by Mike Breaux. It’s all about this sort of thing.

May all of you make many echoes and many ripples of love.

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