{"id":12394,"date":"2024-05-06T19:00:41","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T23:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dianaderringer.com\/?p=12394"},"modified":"2024-04-18T14:39:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T18:39:35","slug":"have-your-cake-and-eat-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dianaderringer.com\/have-your-cake-and-eat-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Have Your Cake and Eat It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dianaderringer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Have-Your-Cake-and-Eat-It.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12395\" src=\"https:\/\/dianaderringer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Have-Your-Cake-and-Eat-It.jpg\" alt=\"Have your cake and eat it--young woman holding the top layer of a wedding cake.\" width=\"450\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dianaderringer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Have-Your-Cake-and-Eat-It.jpg 450w, https:\/\/dianaderringer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Have-Your-Cake-and-Eat-It-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dianaderringer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Have-Your-Cake-and-Eat-It-349x270.jpg 349w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>To have your cake and eat it refers to two things you can\u2019t have or do at the same time.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>A less puzzling earlier version of the expression is to \u201ceat your cake and have it.\u201d You can have cake and then eat it. However, if you eat the cake, you no longer have it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When my husband and I married, we froze the top layer of our wedding cake until our first anniversary. The first year, we had our cake. At the beginning of the second year, we ate it. We could not enjoy the benefit of keeping and eating our cake at the same time. Each year, we made a choice.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>You may want to enjoy both, but you can\u2019t. <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For example, you can\u2019t have:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Government benefits without tax payments<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Good grades without study time<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">A new house without a financial investment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>You must choose between your desires.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Do you keep your cake, or do you eat it?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All of life requires choices. Seek God\u2019s guidance and choose wisely, since <a href=\"https:\/\/dianaderringer.com\/we-reap-what-we-sow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">you reap what you sow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cWho, then, are those who fear the\u00a0Lord? He will instruct them in the ways\u00a0they should choose\u201d (Psalm 25:12 NIV).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Thanks to Lam DeBrot for the suggestion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Do you have an expression you want explained or a thought about this one? If so, please comment below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dianaderringer.us5.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=11983df7ac45be83499003741&amp;id=1797662da7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe to receive my weekly posts by email<\/a>\u00a0and receive a free copy of \u201cWords of Hope for Days that Hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you enjoyed this post, please share it with your friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To have your cake and eat it refers to two things you can\u2019t have or do at the same time. \u00a0A less puzzling earlier version of the expression is to \u201ceat your cake and have it.\u201d You can have cake and then eat it. However, if you eat the cake, you no longer have it. When my husband and I married, we froze the top layer of our wedding cake until our first anniversary. 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