Friends are the chocolate chips in the cookie of life. They sweeten life.
“In the cookies of life, friends are the chocolate chips.”
As my Facebook friend Linda St. Myers says, friends are that sweet extra in life, and even sweeter is friendship among sisters in Christ. She is the founder of Patchwork Ministry, which helps hurting Christian women in Ohio.
Here is her ingredient list for friendship, which she shared with me. Tomorrow I’ll share my all-time best chocolate chip cookie recipe. đŸ™‚ And I’ll ask you to tell me your favorite type of cookie too.
 Ingredients of Friendship Recipe
- Shortening. Provides texture. Our fellowship and friendship with our sisters in the Lord adds depth and texture to our lives. We blend together in unity as part of the body of Christ.
- Sugar. Adds sweetness. Our fellowship adds sweetness to our lives. If we didn’t have sugar in our cookies, we’d sure miss it. The same is with our fellowship with our sisters. We can’t leave it out of our lives.
- Eggs. Holds ingredients together. Our sisters in the Lord are someone to lean on. We are stronger because of them, their prayers, and their love in the Lord. We have a special bond in Christ.
- Vanilla. Adds flavor. Without friends and fellowship we become kind of bland.
- Flour. Adds substance. We need the substance a sister in the Lord can add. They give us many things by way of mentoring us even when we don’t know it. Their shared testimonies encourage us.
- Baking Soda. Leavens. Leavening agents lighten the dough. Friendship with our sisters in Christ lightens our burdens through their prayer and encouragement.
- Salt. Enhances flavor. We know that friendships add flavor and just when we need it, they help improve the tastefulness and quality of our lives. Friends are there when we need them.
- Chocolate Chips. The kind of chocolate chips we normally add to our cookies is semi sweet. Our sister friends tell us what they feel and think and that’s okay. They can be honest and truthful to us. “Iron sharpeneth iron” (Proverbs 27:17).
- Nuts…Optional. Just a little craziness in a sister friend is great! Sometimes a little zaniness in our friends can be just the ingredient we need.
A Friendship Question: Which is your favorite ingredient in a friendship. Leave a comment and let’s encourage one another?
Psst. . .On Tuesday I continue my October friendship focus on my online radio show REFILLS. You can learn more at my REFILLS radio page.
You Are Blessed,
Different seasons in my life have had different ingredients of friendship be more important than the other . Right now in my life my favorite ingredient in friendship is flour. Flour holds the cookies together much like described in friendship as the substance,that holds the friendship together that is what is needed most in my life is the example and mentoring of other Christian women who have been where I am in life maybe not exactly where because we are all different but similar helps!
Flour. . .love it. You add flour to my life, Amanda. The substance of friendship is impossible to overrate. It’s a necessity.
Allspice or cloves ~ Adds spiciness. That extra flavor that lifts a friendship from acquaintanceship to a deeper, more satisfying friendship. I have a number of friends. My best friends are the ones I find that extra deepness with. I wish I could explain that “spice”. It seems that it’s one of those “you have to experience it” things. I love my spicy friends!
Karen, you think outside the cookie! Awesome! With your artistic bent, I can only imagine what spicy friends you have. Thanks for sharing. đŸ˜€