All the talk in yesterday’s post about bread and cake got me thinking about that old saying, “You can’t have your cake and eat it too.” But of course, if you have a cake you can then eat it, though you won’t have your cake anymore… Except on your tummy and thighs. 🙂 I think ye olde saying is better read, “You can’t eat your cake and have it too.” Once eaten, it is gone. Wordsmiths out there may say you can HALVE your cake and eat it too, leaving half the cake in your possession. But that is another story.

 

But is it possible to eat your cake and have it too? And what might the bible have to say about such a delicious idea? We already know that the Word is our daily bread, but how about cake?  We have to be careful when referencing scripture to defend our stance. Like the story of this bride-to-be:

 

The young bride to be was increasingly terrified about her upcoming marriage. To calm her nerves, she decided to have a Bible verse which had always brought her comfort (1 John 4:18, “There is no fear in love; for perfect love casts out fear”) engraved on her wedding cake. So she called the caterer and all arrangements were made.

 

About a week before the wedding, she received a call from the catering company. “Is this really the verse you want on your cake?” they asked. Yes, she confirmed, it was the one she wanted, and after a few more questions they said they would decorate the cake as requested.

 

The wedding day came, and everything was beautiful … until the reception, when the bride walked in to find the cake emblazoned with John 4:18: “For you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband.”

 

See what I mean? Context is everything! Except for the many references to unleavened cake, I’m not aware of bible references to the equivalent to the Thayer Chocolate Birthday Cake. Still, Psalm 119:103 says, “How sweet are your words to my taste.” Psalm 34:8 encourages us to “Taste and see that the Lord is good.” So perhaps it is safe to surmise that God’s Word, while not always palatable to our worldly taste buds is never the less desired by our spirit.

 

If this Word were considered to be cake, shouldn’t we want to eat it more? And could we eat it and still have it? If it were always replenishable, yes. In fact, it is. It is never diminished. So if we regard the Word as cake as well as bread, we can eat our cake AND still have it too! In any case, eat well and enjoy the goodness of God in your life!

 

“The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.” (Isaiah 40:8)