Mistakes were made…

“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
John 14:27

The idea in my 5-year-old mind was simple and clear…

The routine in Kindergarten was the same each day. Mrs. Graham would invite us all to the back of the classroom. She would sit in her large wooden rocking chair and we all gathered around her on the floor nearby. The day’s appointed helper would then be asked to go around the corner to retrieve the 3′ tall vinyl inflated “letter of the week”. We would chat about the letter and then be given a worksheet to complete at our desks.

As my name was called I took my worksheet from Mrs. Graham and decided to challenge myself by walking backward the entire way to my seat. The idea was my own. A classmate hadn’t dared me to do it and it was certainly NOT suggested to me by Mrs. Graham. I simply thought it would be fun.

The first few steps went well and my confidence in the quest built. And then before I knew it, I had fallen backward, landing on the floor having stumbled over a classmate who was still seated waiting for his name to be called.

The details of what happened next are foggy…

However, the next day my classmate came to school with a cast on his arm.

Apparently…Mistakes were made…by me…

Unfortunately- it wasn’t my first and far far far from my last… My physical clumsiness mixed with glitches in common sense and kindness seems to result in a bit more than my fair share of global mistakes.

However, What I’ve come to know without fail is that with the Atonement of Jesus Christ as my guiding resource, I can’t make too many to become ineligible to receive grace, mercy, and forgiveness. Peace replaces my commonly troubled regretful heart as I lay hold onto the access to forgiveness and healing made available to me by my Savior, Jesus Christ.

-JC

Biscoff White Chocolate Chunk Cookies

½ cup soft butter
½ cup buttered-flavored Crisco
½ cup Biscoff Cookie Butter
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
½ cup Biscoff cookie crumbs (I pulse 8 whole cookies in food processor)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 ½ cups white chocolate chunks

Cream butter, Crisco, Cookie Cutter and sugars with an electric mixer on medium high for 1 minute or until fluffy. Hand stir in eggs and vanilla extract; don’t over-mix. Add dry ingredients with cookie crumbs all at once and mix until fully incorporated. Add 1+ Tablespoons more flour for high elevation. Stir in white chocolate chunks. Scoop out 24  2+” balls of dough. Gently roll and flatten slightly. 
(For a richer flavor and smoother texture refrigerate or freeze until ready to bake.) 
Bake at 375 degrees for 10+ minutes. Drizzle with melted cookie butter as desired.
Let set. Share!