When Fruit Loops Invade
12.06.08 14:24 Filed in: Life
I want to talk about an experience I had last night
that just made me think about something in a
different way. My friend Casey walked out of
our youth and young adult service to
an atrocity on his car... Let me explain
the situation. Casey just got a new car, it cost a
good chunk of change and let's just say he is a
little particular about--which he should be because
he worked for it and when we work for something nice
we should keep it that way. A few students who
love Casey decided to stick fruit loops via a
chocolate spread on his tires. I am not
condoning what they did nor am I saying it is right
or wrong, it was their little way to say they love
Casey. What confirmed this to me is that this
was done with extreme care not to do
any permanent damage to the car--again I
just want to reiterate we are not discussing whether
this was right or wrong. Now I have to be honest this
"atrocity" at first was really funny to me. In
fact I thought that he was joking about how serious
he was with this experience and I laughed out loud.
[Anyone that has ever laughed out loud in a
group of people that do not think it's funny, it's
awkward to say the least. Because "harmless"
pranks are funny, unless they happen to us then they
aren't as "harmless".] But here's what I
appreciate about Casey: Instead of continuing
to react emotionally, he made a choice to respond
rationally. Simply, he refused to let
fruit loops ruin his night.
Fruit loops take on many forms in our lives, and often they are placed there by well meaning individuals. But may we take the road Casey did. I read Matthew 5 yesterday and something stuck out to me... v.11 "And blessed are you, blessed are all of you, when people persecute you or denigrate you or despise you or tell lies about you [or put fruit loops on your tires--I added that in] on My account. BUT WHEN THIS HAPPENS, REJOICE."
I want to ask us today, [right or wrong aside] when fruit loops invade will we be able to refuse to let them ruin our night??
Fruit loops take on many forms in our lives, and often they are placed there by well meaning individuals. But may we take the road Casey did. I read Matthew 5 yesterday and something stuck out to me... v.11 "And blessed are you, blessed are all of you, when people persecute you or denigrate you or despise you or tell lies about you [or put fruit loops on your tires--I added that in] on My account. BUT WHEN THIS HAPPENS, REJOICE."
I want to ask us today, [right or wrong aside] when fruit loops invade will we be able to refuse to let them ruin our night??
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