- It stinks
- It's messy
- It's full of disease
- It is valuable to nothing and no one
Our lives can seem like kitty litter, stinky, messy, full of heartache and disease, and seemingly worthless. But God can make our kitty litter lives sweet.
His protection is sweet - Song of Solomon 2:31-3
His call to me is sweet - Song of Solomon 2:14
His rest is sweet - Song of Solomon 5:5
His relationship to me is sweet - Song of Solomon 5:16
He is the Savior that taketh away the sin of the world - John 1:29
So how can we have this sweetness in the midst of our kitty litter?
(At this point, begin filling the basket)
- Clean your vessel - Matt 23:25, 2 Tim 2:21 (bring out the empty basket to represent your cleaned vessel for the master's use)
- When you clean your vessel, you must replace the sin with something good and usable/pliable for the master, a good foundation - I Tim 6:19 (fill the basket with foam for the candy arrangement)
- God must be at the center of your life - Deut 6:5. THREE MUSKATEERS - God the Father, Son, Holy Ghost
- Don't let sin into your life. Keep your heart pure. And be obedient and do right. The boomerang is going to come back whether your deeds are sinful or pure - Gal 6:7-10. Remember, there is a Payday some day. Remember, there is a payday someday for both evil and good.
- Keep your heart soft - Hosea 10:12. Keep the ICEBREAKERS handy. Don't let bitterness and hatred control your heart. Heb 12:15
- Choose your words wisely - Prov 25:11. Keep your mouth KISSABLEs. Don't complain, gossip, criticize, or slander. Good, encouraging words are priceless. Jame 3:9-11
- Study God's Word and understand it - 2 Tim 2:15. Don't be an AIRHEAD. Know why you believe what you believe. Learn God's Word and his desire for the Christian life. Know how to fight off the temptation of the devil. Eph 6:10-18
- Handle your life wisely- Matt 10:16. Be wise as serpants and harmless of DOVES. God will give you wisdom in every situation, but you have to ask him for it. James 1:5
- Be careful of the music you allow into your ears, your heart, and your mind. Ungodly music will rob you of your sweetness - Col 3:16. Pops don't necessirily rock (POPS ROCK). Eph 5:19
- Read God's Word and pray - Psalm 119:97, I Thes 5:17. We need to commune with God NOW AND LATER.
- Watch your walk - Eph 5:1. Straighten up and STRIDE right! (gum)
- It's a fact of life - there are going to be unkind, ugly, hateful people who cross your path. Rom 12:17-19. But dont go into ORBIT about it. Psalm 119:165
- Win souls to Christ. There are hurting, lost people all around us - John 15:13. Be a LIFESAVER. Matt 28:18-20
- Don't be a respector of persons - Acts 10:34. In our daily lives, we will meet up with and minister to all kinds of people. But never forget that Mike needs the Lord just as much as Ike (MIKE N IKE). Don't favor one over the other!
- Some people are just NERDS. But we must reach out to them, too.
- It is easy to be close to the HOT TAMALES and the SUGAR DADDYS. But leaving Mike N Ike and the Nerds behind, making fun, mocking them, will rob you of your blessing and your testimony. Remember - we are to go into the highways and hedges and compel them to come in.
- Whether they are ROLOS or SLIM JIMS, all sinners and need a Savior.
- Do good for others. A little show of kindness goes a long ways - Prov 3:27. Go on a shopping SPREE for others. Most people will respond with a melted heart to your kindness.
- However, there are those who are EXTREME (gum). It will take EXTRA kindness on your part to win them over and demonstrate the love of Christ. Eph 4:32
CONCLUSSION:
It is possible to be sweet in a kitty litter world. Things don't have to be as they seem. (take a bite of the kitty litter cake). God can turn bitter into sweet if we let the Word of Christ dwell in us richly in all wisdom. Start with your life - build your house upon a firm foundation, and God will change your life to sweetness and the lives of others through you - one bitter life at a time. (During the conclussion, you can add some fillers between candy like shiny tissue paper glued to a stick or curly ribbon on a stick)
Kitty Litter Cake Recipe:
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Kitty-Litter-Cake/Detail.aspx
INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)
1 (18.25 ounce) package German chocolate cake mix
1 (18.25 ounce) package white cake mix
2 (3.5 ounce) packages instant vanilla pudding mix
1 (12 ounce) package vanilla sandwich cookies
3 drops green food coloring
1 (12 ounce) package tootsie rolls
DIRECTIONS
Prepare cake mixes and bake according to package directions (any size pan).
Prepare pudding according to package directions and chill until ready to assemble.
Crumble sandwich cookies in small batches in a food processor, scraping often. Set aside all but 1/4 cup. To the 1/4 cup add a few drops of green food coloring and mix.
When cakes are cooled to room temperature, crumble them into a large bowl. Toss with 1/2 of the remaining cookie crumbs, and the chilled pudding. You probably won't need all of the pudding, you want the cake to be just moist, not soggy.
Line kitty litter box with the kitty litter liner. Put cake mixture into box.
Put half of the unwrapped tootsie rolls in a microwave safe dish and heat until softened. Shape the ends so that they are no longer blunt, and curve the tootsie rolls slightly. Bury tootsie rolls randomly in the cake and sprinkle with half of the remaining cookie crumbs. Sprinkle a small amount of the green colored cookie crumbs lightly over the top.
Heat 3 or 4 of the tootsie rolls in the microwave until almost melted. Scrape them on top of the cake and sprinkle lightly with some of the green cookie crumbs. Heat the remaining tootsie rolls until pliable and shape as before. Spread all but one randomly over top of cake mixture. Sprinkle with any remaining cookie crumbs. Hang the remaining tootsie roll over side of litter box and sprinkle with a few green cookie crumbs. Serve with the pooper scooper.
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