Thursday, May 19, 2005

Hating chocolate

I just read a book entitled “The Chocolate Touch.” It’s very much like the story about Midas whose touch made everything gold. The Chocolate Touch, yes, you’ve guessed it, is about a young boy whose touch made everything into chocolate. It came about because of his greed for anything sweet and most especially for anything made up of chocolate. Of course, he learned that chocolate is no longer quite so good when it’s the only thing you eat all day. Just imagine, drinking chocolate water, eating chocolate egg, crunching a chocolate chip (instead of potato chip!), using a chocolate spoon, taking chocolate medicine, tasting a chocolate fruit (whew! What taste would that be?), etc. That would really be cloying! And anyone of us would feel mush the same as he did: hating chocolate.

 

Doesn’t this make one appreciate the fact that God created so many different types of food? Isn’t it great that we can savour so many types of food that are sweet, sour, spicy, bitter, and salty and even a combination of these different tastes? Now, I am making myself hungry this early (it’s 8:41 am and already had my breakfast)! Just a reminder for me to thank God for my different taste buds and so many varieties of food in this world!

 

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Lion Chaser Manifesto

Quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death. Set God-sized goals. Pursue God-ordained passions. Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention. Keep asking questions. Keep making mistakes. Keep seeking God. Stop pointing out problems and become part of the solution. Stop repeating the past and start creating the future. Stop playing it safe and start taking risks. Expand your horizons. Accumulate experiences. Enjoy the journey. Find every excuse you can to celebrate everything you can. Live like today is the first day and last day of your life. Don't let what's wrong with you keep you from worshiping what's right with God. Burn sinful bridges. Blaze new trails. Criticize by creating. Worry less about what people think and more about what God thinks. Don't try to be who you're not. Be yourself. Laugh at yourself. Quit holding out. Quit holding back. Quit running away.

Chase the lion.

In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day by Mark Batterson (www.evotional.com)