Cinnamon Twists

My wife recently went to have dinner with a good friend of ours; girls night out. So Daddy got to come home early from work and watch the kids. After mommy left, I sat on the couch and looked at the troops. They were spaced out watching the Universal Pictures movie “Despicable Me.” I think I asked them three or four times what they wanted for dinner. I never really got an answer. I made some suggestions but they weren’t the least bit interested. Of course, the movie has earned almost $600 million so I guess it must be good (maybe I should consider writing screen plays?).

I have this dreadful, mental illness called “Taco Bell Syndrome.” When I get the opportunity to go grab some crunchy tacos, I make haste. But to my dismay, they didn’t seem interested; no crunchy tacos, soft tacos, Mexican pizzas, burritos, gorditos or nachos. Nada. Here I am trying to get my TB fix and I can’t even get one out of three Hucklets to budge. So I slowly stated with a look of melancholy, “Well, I guess we’ll go somewhere else. I sure was hoping to go to TB though and have their cinnamon twists for dessert.” Well what do you know? All of a sudden I have their attention.

“I want crunchy tacos!”

“No, I want nachos!”

“No, I want soft tacos!”

My friends, this is the exact picture of our existence before God. Our minds are wandering vagabonds, dragging the sands of life as we trek from one ill-focused thought to another. And when we are fixed on something, it always seems to be something we want and not something He wants from us. God has the desire to take us places. They are not always the same. We don’t always like them. They don’t always come with a prize inside.  But let’s not act like children. Let’s be grown-ups about it. Take notice, lest your heavenly Daddy move on without you. He doesn’t entice us along with the things we like. To do so could be considered - despicable.

 “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.” Psalm 32:8 NIV