A Little at a Time and You Eat the Whole Thing
By Eric Abney
I was eating at a “Five Guys” in Dawsonville the other day. Yeah, it was good. A nice burger with a massive amount of fries. I was dipping my fries into this amazing vinegar and then into the ketchup and then into my mouth. I had a thought in the middle of all this fried goodness, “What if I drank the cup of ketchup by itself?” Then I thought, “That’s gross.” We would never drink an entire cup of ketchup, but when I’m done with my fries all of the ketchup in the cup is gone. Which only means that I had to have eaten it all!
This works out in our lives in other ways also. We would never dive off the deep end and not seek God’s ways anymore or do something to our bodies that would hurt us forever. I think sometimes we might do things like this and others almost unknowingly. It is served to us a little bit at a time with something else that we accept. Just like the ketchup. I wouldn’t drink a cup of ketchup by itself but I will with fries.
Is there something that you are involved in that is mostly good, but there is still a little part that isn’t right? If a little part isn’t right, does it make the whole thing wrong? Is it hurting you or others in the long run? It’s something to think about.
Mmmmm.