Guilty: Coconut Cupcakes Guiltless: Liver Detox Juice & the Teachable Moment

Another satisfied customer- Lil D and his 2nd cupcake

My son, D asked to make cupcakes...So we delved into cyber space and found a yummy recipe (see link below).  I was excited about the prospect of a teachable lesson.....you know the ones you dream of before you actually become a parent and realize all your day dreams were delusional.  In real-parent-world, we are lucky to get the floors clean, toilets less disgusting and our kids dressed and out the door to school on time in semi-unwrinkled and clean-ish clothing with something (anything) in their stomachs. 

Coconut Lovers Cupcakes

So the cupcakes were perfection, I found the recipe on Pinterest. Super simple, and delicious.  My lil D had 2, wanted 3, but ended up compromising with 2.  He is SMART and I love him so I let him get away with murder more than what I intend.  He is so darn cute and cunning!

After you eat that cupcake if your are anything like me, you feel guilty.  Why did I do that?  I wanted to loose a few pounds.  Guilt the gift that keeps on giving....and giving.  So feel less guilty with this awesome liver detoxing recipe:


 
You will need 1 lemon (slice off peel), 4 ribs celery, 1 beet (keep the leafy tops), spinach, kale, and some wheatgrass with  a piece of ginger and an apple (or two).  Juice those babies up and slurp it down.  Now you have done something your future self with thank you for, no guilt included.

Teachable moment:  While I was cutting the apple up for the juicer (I saw a worm hole on the outside) I realized the teeny tiny worm had barreled into this apple and followed it's adventure...the little bugga went straight for the core of the apple.  It did a little dance, it turned this perfect little apple BLACK on the inside. This apple was rotten to the core.  The apple was hard, perfect, on the outside... had I not inspected the apple I would have had a mouthful of rotten, black smut!  I think this happens in our life as well.  We are well intended, lets eat something healthy...  Lets sit down and watch, read, listen to _____________________It's only a half hour, a few pages, it's got a great beat.  Pretty soon we are polluting our souls with rap music about...Do they kiss their mother with that mouth??? I wonder?  The black core is never seen.  We ingest the worm of sin and do not give it another thought;  until our thoughts become our words and then our actions. Truth from the grocery chain owner...Frank Outlaw.  I am sure he had sold his fair share of apples in his day.

  Do not fool yourself.  Jesus came so that we may live and live it more abundantly!  He came that we may be changed!!  He never once said, "Don't worry folks I got this.....Sin away!"  He came and preached repentance.

So let us Confess, Repent, Live Abundantly! 

Confess your sins, so that the worm (the serpent) does not have the final say.  

Have a Heavenly Day!

 

Are you looking for more teachable moments?  Matthew Kelly's Why Am I Here? is fantastic! It's very relatable for children; our 4 year old loves this book!  We love the lesson he is getting regarding being THE BEST version of himself and making choices that reflect his decision.

 Why Am I Here? By Matthew Kelly