How desperate we all are
Again story time from Stubenville..
Our host and his girl friend at the time decided when they were engaged that they were going to go on a date every week. Something about keeping the romance alive.. They've been married ten or twelve years now and except for the times they've been sick have managed to keep their commitment to their weekly date promise.
One night the couple are out on their date and the husband gets a picture text from their baby sitter. The picture text has a message with it. The baby sitter said, "I found this tupperware of macaroni and cheese in your couch."
The husband turns to show the picture & text to his wife. Her face drops with disgust. She says, "Honey, when was the last time we had macaroni and cheese?"
Everyone in the event center started to laugh.
The couple comes home and again the wife's facial expressions change. Their little daughter had been getting sick quite often, puking, and no one else in their family would catch the "virus" which little Avila had. She turned to her husband with her theory. Avila has been eating the rainbow color macaroni and cheese she hid in the couch!
Now the laughter in the auditorium turned into gagging.
Eni, our host, (the husband) went to his daughter Avila. He asked her, "Avila, do you love macaroni and cheese more than you love Grandma and Grandpa?" She responded, "Yes." He asked her, "Do you love macaroni and cheese more than you love Mommy and Daddy?" "Yes." Then Eni asked, "Do you love macaroni and cheese more than you love Jesus?" He admitted to bad parenting. We all laughed. Avila answered, "...Yes."
Avila's dad couldn't understand why his daughter would do such a disgusting thing. Why didn't she just ask for some good macaroni and cheese instead of going back to the food she thinks she loves but makes her so sick?
It was then compared that we are all so desperate for our macaroni and cheese. We sin and sin again even when we know it is hurting us, making us sick. We keep desperately going back for more.
Let's make a point to throw away that mac n' cheese. Dispose of your appetite for things that make you sick. Ask him for the everlasting food and drink that will quench all destruction. Amen?
Our host and his girl friend at the time decided when they were engaged that they were going to go on a date every week. Something about keeping the romance alive.. They've been married ten or twelve years now and except for the times they've been sick have managed to keep their commitment to their weekly date promise.
One night the couple are out on their date and the husband gets a picture text from their baby sitter. The picture text has a message with it. The baby sitter said, "I found this tupperware of macaroni and cheese in your couch."
The husband turns to show the picture & text to his wife. Her face drops with disgust. She says, "Honey, when was the last time we had macaroni and cheese?"
Everyone in the event center started to laugh.
The couple comes home and again the wife's facial expressions change. Their little daughter had been getting sick quite often, puking, and no one else in their family would catch the "virus" which little Avila had. She turned to her husband with her theory. Avila has been eating the rainbow color macaroni and cheese she hid in the couch!
Now the laughter in the auditorium turned into gagging.
Eni, our host, (the husband) went to his daughter Avila. He asked her, "Avila, do you love macaroni and cheese more than you love Grandma and Grandpa?" She responded, "Yes." He asked her, "Do you love macaroni and cheese more than you love Mommy and Daddy?" "Yes." Then Eni asked, "Do you love macaroni and cheese more than you love Jesus?" He admitted to bad parenting. We all laughed. Avila answered, "...Yes."
Avila's dad couldn't understand why his daughter would do such a disgusting thing. Why didn't she just ask for some good macaroni and cheese instead of going back to the food she thinks she loves but makes her so sick?
It was then compared that we are all so desperate for our macaroni and cheese. We sin and sin again even when we know it is hurting us, making us sick. We keep desperately going back for more.
Let's make a point to throw away that mac n' cheese. Dispose of your appetite for things that make you sick. Ask him for the everlasting food and drink that will quench all destruction. Amen?
AMEN, girl! I don't know about you, but that conference gave me a drive to do some "spring cleaning" in my soul... No more moldy mac and cheese for me! Amen? ;)
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