Fast, Easy, and Cheap - The Words That Feed Our Struggle With Food.

I had always known how difficult the struggle with lust could be.  In my mind, it was incomparable to any other.  The flood of images in our over-sexualized culture makes a life without war almost impossible.  Recently, however, have I come to understand a struggle that, in many ways, is more difficult than the struggle with lust.  It is the struggle with food.

In a culture where adjectives like fast, easy, and cheap describe most of the food we eat, it is no wonder why so many live in constant fear of being blindsided with the irresistible temptation that lingers at every major intersection in the country.  And it is so much easier to indulge.  No one ostracizes you if you walk by with a double cheeseburger like they would if you were to walk by with a Playboy.

I'm not saying that eating a double cheeseburger is wrong. I am saying that there are many people who struggle (myself included) with eating a DCB unto the glory of God.

Because of the fall, the food that provides the nourishment our bodies need is difficult to harvest, purchase, and prepare.  Maintaining our health therefore takes patience, self-control and discipline, as well as a large portion of our time and income.  Fast, easy and cheap are the buzzwords that promise to alleviate the consequences of our fallenness.  In the end, they do not provide - our lives become slower, more difficult and more costly.

But there is hope in Christ.  Watch, as this struggling Christian gives his testimony and admonition.  

Redeemed from Sexual Abuse - Simply Amazing!

Please take the time to watch this. It is pretty amazing. Pay attention to the honesty, vulnerability, and the glorious gospel of Grace. We'd all do well to develop relationships where we can speak this way (well...maybe without the poetry).