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A friend and I had a great conversation this morning, about our mutual adoration for buttercream frosting! Yes... YUM!!! My husband makes the most amazing buttercream. I don't share it well. That got me to thinking about Graeter's Ice Cream (it's a local Columbus, Ohio ice cream. You can order it online... mmmmmm!). I don't share it very well either. Yep! It leads me straight to gluttony! And Graeter's got me to thinking about... Oh, nevermind. I went all sorts of places I shouldn't go.I could eat Graeter's every day. Or buttercream frosting. But, my poor little body wouldn't be too happy with me. No matter how yummy it is, those foods just don't contain the nutrition I need to be healthy.
Here's a little secret, though. I eat all those yummy foods and then dress to hide it. YEP! Honesty in a blog. All that yumminess goes straight to my belly, but thankfully today's fashion makes it easy to hide. That's not how I want to live, mind you. I want to be fit and healthy, with the stamina of a teenager. I just don't eat right.
But here's what really gets to me. I can do the exact same thing with my spiritual life!
I can listen to great Christian music, though sometimes, I get so comfortable with my playlist that the words don't even penetrate. I can get devotions online, sent directly to my inbox, but I can gloss over them and not let the truth God wants me to know seep in. I can "act" like the good little Christian everyone "knows" me to be, all the while knowing I haven't studied God's word on my own in some time. Or that I haven't prayed earnestly in a long time.
Do you know what I mean? We can "pretend" to be the Christian we're supposed to be, hiding all our "flab" under the fashion of feigned Christian attitudes. Jesus warned the Jewish leaders of his day about that very thing, "What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are so careful to clean out the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are filthy - full of greed and self-indulgence." (Matt. 23:25, NLT) He was warning the religious leaders of his day that going through the motions - obeying the letter of the law without taking it to heart - was useless. God wants our hearts, not meaningless rituals!
What do you think? Do we pretend?
How do you live healthy?
2 comments:
Absolutely. I think we all pretend at some point. I know I do. The worst of it is drifting away from our deep and growing relationship with Christ. I know when it happens and it stinks. Thankfully God doesn't cut us off; he can't wait to have us back.
Great post, Karen!
Great blog! My sister used to work at Graeter's in Louisville when she was in culinary school. Yum!
I agree with you on just going through the 'motions' of Christianity. It was actually the sermon at church this past week. He asked, "How many of you come to church for the show, but aren't really living a Christian life?" Part of being a Christian and being a faithful servant is being involved...always being willing to witness even if it's uncomfortable, and doesn't always make sense.
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