Happy Mardi Gras! While many of you are likely feasting on the succulent deliciousness of a King Cake, hoping luck will direct your teeth to the hidden baby inside I'm resolving to dine with the King of Kings. Yes, Jesus.
I've been grappling with some issues lately. After 12 years of smoking marijuana, having the occasional drink (by that I mean drank), and spending frivolously I've come to the conclusion that it's time to put childish things aside and walk worthy according to the blessings God has given me. I love my wardrobe, impeccable fashion sense, and zoning out with a joint after a stressful day choc full of CPS reports and oppositional children. This is going to be hard. Very hard.
But alas, I remember a good friend once saying, "It's the hard that makes us great". True that. And now, what our Lord has to say about the matter. 1 Corinthians 13:11 reads: "When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. Translation: I had my time to party, rave until the wee hours of the morning, and stumble into my parents house but I'm 30 now. I have a 9 month old. I have a husband. And more importantly, I've got bills to pay. Lots of them.
Is it overwhelming? Yes. But without faith it is impossible to please Him (Hebrews 11:6). This is the same God who carried me through stressful all-nighters while preparing research reports in grad school. The same God that was my Comforter during the grieving process after my late husband passed away. The same God who delivered my current husband from cancer. The same God who blessed us with a son when doctors told my husband that he might not ever conceive. So many reasons to be thankful and so many reasons to be grateful. I owe him the pleasure of pulling up a seat and dining at His table. As a matter of fact I am the guest of honor.
So I'll pass on the King Cake and the debauchery it symbolizes. Bread of Heaven, feed me till I want no more.
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