"100% all beef" reads the sign at your local burger stand. And even though you know there is no ham in your burger, you assume that what you are biting into is all beef. Sometimes it is, but a few weeks ago we were put on notice that "pink slime" has been being added to burgers in such bastions of culinary delight such as school cafeterias. The place where flavor always took a back seat to substance has now been found lacking in substance also. And since it is USDA regulated, we are in shock. Our government would never allow such a thing to occur! It can't be true! Say it ain't so Joe! And as Joe chews then swallows this last bit of non-meat burger, careful not to spill any on yesterday's lunch stains on his shirt, he washes it down with 1% milk, to help the processed cheese on the burger go down easier, and then wipes his face with a 100% recycled paper napkin. It must be spring, for he usually wears long sleeves, but today a napkin must suffice. Paper waster!
Now we know that Mickey D would never use the stuff, could you imagine having to alter the anthem to a Big Mac? Two sorta beef patties-maybe that is what the special sauce has been? How about places that don't advertise 100% beef? Have we been being slimed all along? What is becoming of our All American food? The next thing you know they will be telling us the same about hot dogs! What's a person to eat? Chicken nuggets? Aren't they just parts like hot dogs, just not tube steak? Chicken-on the bone? Which makes me wonder what is the Colonel's special seasoning? Dung? Smells like it sometimes. Ever drive by a chicken ranch with your windows open? Fried in lard-which is animal fat! Are the mashies really mashies? How come all the corn on the cob is the same size? Home cooked? My mother never cooked like that! That is why we went out to eat...wasn't it? No wonder these recipes are secret-we'd never eat there!
We have not only become a generation/society of processed foods, but a generation of processes. Follow the procedures, don't get off the track, and you will be fine. Which works fine on a production line-did you know that interchangeable parts made the assembly line possible? It worked fine for Model T's, but for the food we eat? Surely this man-made process would never invade our churches? Would it? Could it? It has? No way, really?
Really. And as we approach Easter, those who only attend church on Christmas and Easter-CEO's, will get the same rehashed story of Jesus dying for our sins. Watered down for their protection by some churches. A great story, perhaps the greatest story ever told, and one which will have to have enough religion for another 6 months, for the CEO's to anxiously not await again. Maybe it is the slimed message and not the gospel some religions espouse that people are resisting? They need truth-not slime. But they too will be fed filler-things that aren't in the Bible, by many main stream churches, this is what tour church believes, which will vary from the Bible, legends and traditions passed down for generations that aren't in the Bible. Quote a great man in the denomination, it's easier. Things that Jesus never said, and that some preachers have made a career misquoting. Some will even try to include social agendas, being trendy to draw more people. We care about you. Some will have a youth type service, and then follow up via cards they left. Who were only there because their parents were there, and none of them wanted to be there. Some will not let any Christian take communion-violating Jesus commandment to do this in remembrance of me. Some will be told "not to give"when the collection plate comes around, but will because all are looking to see who doesn't. Guilt or guilty? How do you know the truth? After the pastor has told me Jesus came to set my soul free, why all the rules? This guy ain't my wife, or boss. Forget him. Does Jesus need to be regulated like fast food? Are we not more than slime? Evolutionists say we came from slime-could you be related to what you are eating? Quick-give me another chocolate Easter bunny!
The truth is Jesus came to set us free from all the above. To find freedom from sin, not in it. To show the way to God, not the way around Him. And anyone straying from the gospel is lying to you. Jesus and you must be baptized? NO! Just Jesus. He really isn't God? Sorry JW-hell awaits. Wear this cool underwear to protect you from the world. Sorry LDS, just Jesus. But the Sabbath-it's really Saturday, isn't it? Read your New Testament, the night Jesus met His disciples-all except Thomas who was still out on the streets being bold, and while the others hid upstairs Jesus appeared to them. On Sunday-and established Sunday as the Sabbath. Showing that He is more important than the day. Will Saturday get you to heaven? Friday won't either-although He died on Good Friday. And the list of slime goes on...
Seek God. Trust Him and no man. Desire only truth, which is only found in Him. Let Him fill you with His spirit, and watch as the slime in your life goes away. Make room for the real thing, Jesus Christ! 100% God, 100% savior, and 100% love-for you. Just the thought of that makes me hungry!
Maybe a burger, nah. Hold the pickle, hold the lettuce...hope they were wearing gloves. How about chicken on the bone? Nah. How about a taco-something with all the non-food groups? Chinese? No MSG here, only the finest spices and ingredients. Don't let religion process your life like it does fast food. No pink liquid needed afterwards. Choose Jesus. No slime. Just real food. For the soul. I wonder, pink slime, pink liquid, nah it couldn't be...could it?
bon appétit!
love with compassion,
Mike
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