Anyone See Elephants?

My latest soap now presented in living color. So what did I change? I followed the directions for the soap colorants I'm using. These are a bit bold but I'm so excited to see some bright colored soap that I can look past the gaudiness of it all and admire the elephants.

Is it just me or do you all see elephants too? The green looks like an elephant with it's trunk spraying water in the air. Do you think they could use my latest creation as one of those ink blot tests? They would think I have some hidden issue with elephants because every bar says elephant to me. Maybe I will just call this bar Ink Blot.

Have you ever tried to do something your way over and over and failed every time? Yet like some insane person, you continue to expect different results. That would describe me and my colorants. I refused to dilute the colors because I was too busy. Surely, I could just add a couple drops and that would be the same thing. My bars ended up either completely void of color or had clumps of color speckled throughout. Why did I make this so hard on myself?

I find myself asking that question often lately. God's way is always the easiest way even though it doesn't seem that way at the time. I insist that my way is easier and will work just fine. Again and again I am reminded that I need to give it all up to Him. When I ignore His plan, I live in my own gray world. Doubt and fear creep into the shadows. When those Israelites wandered around in the wilderness, God showed them over and over why His way was better. He provided for them miraculously, even though they grumbled. It was the journey through the wilderness that brought them closer to Him. It was the miraculous provision that led them to trust Him. God has given us the instruction book, we just have to trust enough to follow the directions and not make up our own.