mmmm...good stuff

Why is all the good tasting stuff bad for you?  I mean seriously, ice cream, cookies, taco's, hamburgers, fried chicken, cinnamon roles, candy, and french fries...don't even get me started on french fries... all bad for me.  That's not fair!  Why can't rice cakes taste like german chocolate cakes, in fact shouldn't they remove the word "cake" from rice cakes, I think they should be rice discs.  In truth, I'm quite disappointed in the flavor of truly healthy foods when given the choice between them and something deep fried, smothered in gravy and dipped in ketchup.

Maybe it's just a condition of this life.  I'm reminded of the great apostle Paul when he talked about the things he should do, he doesn't and the things he doesn't want to do, he does.  We all have our struggles against the temptations of this world and our kids are no different.  They may be the truest barometer of the message of Paul.  Recently my 13 year-old didn't do her chores, she got distracted by television or cell phone, or radio, or mp3 or her sister or her other sister or something else.  When I demanded to know why her chores weren't done she said "well dad, i meant to do them, but I got distracted and just didn't do it."  I guess she's not much different than me or the apostle Paul.  I don't know why God designed everything the way he did and why rice discs can't taste like german chocolate cake, somethings will just have to wait 'till I'm there.  In the meantime I'm just going to keep praying that God helps me do the things I know are good and right and healthy and to stay away from the things that are not.  I pray the same for you!  Be Blessed!