It finally happened. I failed. The worst part is that it wasn't really my fault. Here is how it all went down.
My wife saw a recipe on Rachael Ray for this chicken gumbo that also included a special type of sausage. I was not concerned about the meal, because it was supposed to be chicken based and most sausage of that type is pork based. I ate two plates, then packed some up for lunch the next day.
The next morning I was getting ready to leave and saw the package that the sausage came in. There it was, about 5 ingredients in; "beef". So there was not a lot of beef, but there was still red meat in there.
Now, at this point I have two choices. Eat the stuff for lunch as well and give up on the whole red meat thing, or start again. I started again. I gave JR (the student minister) my gumbo and he gave me some left over chicken dish. For the meal at church that night they had beef stew. I had salad (even the bologna has some beef in it).
There are going to be times in our life when we will fail God, either intentionally or unintentionally. Leviticus tells us that we are guilty whether we know it or not (this will be the theme of Sunday's message). The issue is not our failure, but our response to our failure. Do we give up, or start fresh knowing that God's mercies are new every morning.
If you have failed or fallen short of you Lent goals, start over. Don't let yourself off the hood that easily. Apologize to God and get going again.
My wife saw a recipe on Rachael Ray for this chicken gumbo that also included a special type of sausage. I was not concerned about the meal, because it was supposed to be chicken based and most sausage of that type is pork based. I ate two plates, then packed some up for lunch the next day.
The next morning I was getting ready to leave and saw the package that the sausage came in. There it was, about 5 ingredients in; "beef". So there was not a lot of beef, but there was still red meat in there.
Now, at this point I have two choices. Eat the stuff for lunch as well and give up on the whole red meat thing, or start again. I started again. I gave JR (the student minister) my gumbo and he gave me some left over chicken dish. For the meal at church that night they had beef stew. I had salad (even the bologna has some beef in it).
There are going to be times in our life when we will fail God, either intentionally or unintentionally. Leviticus tells us that we are guilty whether we know it or not (this will be the theme of Sunday's message). The issue is not our failure, but our response to our failure. Do we give up, or start fresh knowing that God's mercies are new every morning.
If you have failed or fallen short of you Lent goals, start over. Don't let yourself off the hood that easily. Apologize to God and get going again.
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