The other day, I was in the Secretary of State’s office waiting for my turn when I heard a shocking statistic. It was that 30% of America is obese! I couldn’t believe that this was true. Later I thought about the things we crave in our physical appetites. Everybody has different tastes and desires for the things we like to eat and drink. The problems with our cravings is that they only satisfy for a short time.
Well, since I missed last month’s blog…I’m still going to talk about the same subject…a very important one! Last month, January, was the month that the church focuses on “Sanctity of Human Life”. Not that it doesn’t focus on it the other eleven months of the year, also. But January is the Big Focus. I brought a message on the topic of abortion a few weeks ago at our church. It’s a subject that disturbs me like no other.
As Christmas approaches quickly, I think about the gifts that we give and receive and what they mean. Can you remember what you got for Christmas last year or the year before? I think what I really want for Christmas is for people I know to stop dying for the month of December.
Most people grow up physically, but not all grow up mentally or spiritually…children in adult bodies, they look like adults, but they act like children…selfish, self-centered, have tunnel vision, act like spoiled brats. They just never really grew up mentally! Maybe Momma babied them too long, or maybe it was their choices in life…who really knows?
Proverbs 23:7 says “As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” I don’t know for sure what that means, but I think it means that our thoughts can radically affect our actions, our life style. Think of the twelve spies in the Book of Numbers. They all saw the same land, the same giants, and the same fortified cities. But what’s interesting is two of the twelve chose to focus on God’s promises instead of the giants.