Life is Like a Layer Cake

Our Divine Recipe for Living

Here’s a question for our culinary experts: What food product contains the following ingredients… Annatto Extract, Cellulose Gum, Cocoa Powder, Coloring Agents, Corn Syrup, Dextrose, Eggs, Gelatin, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Maltodextrin, Modified Cornstarch, Monocalcium Phosphate, and Salt, among many others?

If your answer is “Chocolate Fudge Stripe Layer Cake,” you’re correct! For most of us, this list of ingredients might seem mysterious, even puzzling. However, to the baker who knows the recipe, the relationships between these elements are perfectly clear.

In many ways, life is like a layer cake. The individual components might appear random or disconnected, but they create something extraordinary when brought together with intention and purpose. This metaphor offers a more profound spiritual truth: just as a baker transforms ingredients into a cake, God’s divine plan brings meaning and purpose to our lives.

Consider this: Nihilism is a philosophy that sees no meaning or purpose in life, believing existence to be…