you've been busy - too busy to think about lunch - you see a hot dog stand or your belly finally gets your attention and you tell yourself, "i'll just stop for a hot dog"
i don't mean any disrespect to my friends who run or work at hot dog stands - but we both know that's not the best choice for a healthy lunch - especially on a daily basis - yet the busier life gets, the more often you end up settling for something less nutritious than you really should be eating - it's not that you intend to eat fast food all the time - it is more that you failed to plan to eat better
now change dimensions with me - into the spirit dimension - you get so busy you forget to think about eating (spiritually) - your spirit is getting hungrier by the hour - by the minute - by the day - by the week? finally you realize you haven't taken any spiritual nourishment for a while - so what do you do?
you settle for spiritual fast food - you grab your Bible and read a couple of verses just before you go to sleep - you say a hurried prayer on your way to work (between shouting at other drivers) - you allow a quick-quoted blessing over lunch to be your worship for the day
result? the same result as what happens to you physically when you don't eat properly - you will probably not die - you will live, struggle through life - but instead of taking in what your body/spirit needs, you're ingesting stuff that makes your body/spirit weaker - less able to fight off infections/temptations
you've got to make a plan - design your own spiritual diet - you will never become spiritually strong until you do - you've got to quit stopping for a hot dog
i don't mean any disrespect to my friends who run or work at hot dog stands - but we both know that's not the best choice for a healthy lunch - especially on a daily basis - yet the busier life gets, the more often you end up settling for something less nutritious than you really should be eating - it's not that you intend to eat fast food all the time - it is more that you failed to plan to eat better
now change dimensions with me - into the spirit dimension - you get so busy you forget to think about eating (spiritually) - your spirit is getting hungrier by the hour - by the minute - by the day - by the week? finally you realize you haven't taken any spiritual nourishment for a while - so what do you do?
you settle for spiritual fast food - you grab your Bible and read a couple of verses just before you go to sleep - you say a hurried prayer on your way to work (between shouting at other drivers) - you allow a quick-quoted blessing over lunch to be your worship for the day
result? the same result as what happens to you physically when you don't eat properly - you will probably not die - you will live, struggle through life - but instead of taking in what your body/spirit needs, you're ingesting stuff that makes your body/spirit weaker - less able to fight off infections/temptations
you've got to make a plan - design your own spiritual diet - you will never become spiritually strong until you do - you've got to quit stopping for a hot dog
How about a RIBEYE? Physically and Spiritually!
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