The dessert table was filled with more choices than I cared to count. On top of this was the chocolate room next door! Two rooms with endless dessert combinations! Even I, a chocolate is not special, dessert is an option kind of person, was overwhelmed with the tempting choices! This along with a birthday cake coming to the table took the brunch over the top.
I could hear the other tables sharing their favourite choice with friends equally excited by what was in front of them. The dessert table had created a buzz that only overwhelmed and satisfied appetites were going to quiet. As the volume across the room subsided, I could hear the whispers within getting easier to hear.
If I had to only pick one, what would I choose? Start with dessert and go beyond. What highlights from the meal would I bring to the front? What experiences in my life would I start with? As I listened to the voices around me, I realised my answer would echo a response from old; “I have no interest in giving you a chatty account of my adventures, only the wondrously powerful and transformingly present words and deeds of Christ in me that triggered a believing response among the outsiders.” (Romans 15.18)
If I had to choose again, what would I choose? I did not plan on having this many choices. When it came down to making the call, my eyes had been opened and I was overwhelmed. In the moment, I chose the birthday cake, celebrating and sharing with the person of attention. This was my first choice, then and now.
When I choose today, what will I choose? I find myself thinking and imagining the choices at hand. Chocolate, dipped, coated with gold, presented as a sauce represents an amazing range of options. Fruit, cheese, cakes, and more take my choices to multiple dimensions. In the decision of each moment with endless options, I know that sharing a table with others, being together, and facing life as it presents itself reflects my best choice.
