THE BAPTIST WHITE LIE
Alice Grayson was to bake a cake for the
Baptist Church Ladies' Group in Tuscaloosa , but forgot
to do it until the last minute.
She remembered it the morning of the bake sale and after
rummaging through cabinets, found an angelfood cake mix &
quickly made it while drying her hair, dressing, and helping
her son pack for scout camp.
When she took the cake from the oven, the center had dropped
flat and the cake was horribly disfigured and she exclaimed,
"Oh dear, there is not time to bake another cake!"
So, being inventive, she looked around the house
for something to build up the center of the cake.
She found it in the bathroom - a roll of toilet Paper.
She plunked it in and then covered it with icing.
Not only did the finished product look beautiful, it looked
perfect.
Before she left the house to drop the cake by the church
and head for work, Alice woke her daughter and gave her some
money and specific instructions to be at the bake sale the
moment ito pened at 9:30 and to buy the cake and bring it
home.
When the daughter arrived at the sale, she found the
attractive, perfect cake had already been sold.
Amanda grabbed her cell phone and called her mom.
Alice was horrified-she was beside herself! Everyone
would know! What would they think? She would be ostracized,
talked about, ridiculed!
All night, Alice lay awake in bed thinking about people
pointing fingers at her and talking about her behind her
back.
The next day, Alice promised herself she would try not
to think about the cake and would attend the fancy
luncheon/bridal shower at the home of a fellow church member
and try to have a good time. She did not really want to
attend because the hostess was a snob who more than once had
looked down her nose at the fact that Alice was a single
parent and not from the founding families of Tuscaloosa,
but having already RSVP'd, she couldn't think of a
believable excuse to stay home.
The meal was elegant, the company was definitely upper
crust old south, and to Alice's horror, the cake in question
was presented for dessert!
Alice felt the blood drain from her body when she saw the
cake!
She started out of her chair to tell the hostess all about
it, but before she could get to her feet, the Mayor's wife
said, "what a beautiful cake!"
Alice, still stunned, sat back in her chair when she heard
the hostess (who was a prominent church member) say, "Thank
you, I baked it myself."
Alice smiled and thought to herself, "God is good."
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