Frosting

In the dark of the night

comes something bright and white

covering up everything

like a layer of white frosting.

It’s like a wedding cake maker

worked late, but not as a baker,

as a pure, white frosting icer

making everything look nicer.

Her palette of fluffy white

decorates with much delight

as she pipes

with white.

She has fun with the frosting

as everything she’s topping.

It’s like she doesn’t know when to stop

for everything is white on top.

She knows when morning

finally comes

someone will delight in her sweet treat

by exclaiming her work is neat.

Her work beautified the earth

while bringing with it mirth

to young and old,

she’s often told.

Though her sweet treat doesn’t last long

she’ll be back again before long

with her special one-of-a-kind, pure white frosting

when you look out the window and see it snowing.

Take time to check out her masterpiece,

that covers with a quiet peace,

as she piped from her pastry bag

decorating with zig-zags.

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Here’s my recipe for buttercream frosting:

9 cups x-sugar

2 cups shortening

½ cup butter

~1 cup milk

splash vanilla

Beat 7 minutes with heavy-duty mixer.

You’ll find frosting sweetens life

but not every day of your life,

for it’s not heart healthy

neither waistline healthy.

Frosting is a sweet treat

to once-in-a-while eat

when you celebrate

a special event.

You’ll find another sweet treat

is when encouraging words greet.

Encouraging words lift up

when you find you’re in a slump.

Encouraging words are recalled time-after-time

when hope is needed to renew one’s troubled mind.

Everyone could use an encouraging word,

perhaps written in a note or spoken heard.

Become an encourager today.

Help spread around the sunshine’s bright rays.

Everyone needs encouragement.

I know you’re in agreement.

How sweet are your words to my taste,

sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Psalm 119:103

Let your conversation be always full of grace...

Colossians 4:6

You hear, O Lord, the desire of the afflicted;

you encourage them, and you listen to their cry.

Psalm 10:17

May our Lord Jesus Christ himself

and God our Father,

who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope,

encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.

II Thessalonians 2:16-17

That you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.

Romans 1:12

Your love has given me great joy and encouragement,

because you have refreshed the hearts of the saints.

Philemon 1:7

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