We listen to Christian radio exclusively, and our station of choice is Family Life Ministries in Bath, NY. Family Life operates a network of stations and translators that covers most of Western NY and nearly half of PA. So it’s a big network, and I love their programming and their people, and they are regularly included in our prayers.
A couple of weeks ago, the sports announcer, Randy Snavely, was talking about a youth camp that he was speaking at. At this particular camp, he was discussing the food at camp. He always seems to eat particularly well when he goes to the camps, enjoying the food as much as the kids – and he really loves the kids!
He spoke about a minor little temptation after one dinner. They had raspberry cookies out. Apparently, Randy loves raspberry cookies, and so he had one. A little while later, he wandered past again, and had another. Then, another…
As he was telling this story, I was thinking of sin in our lives. Not that having a raspberry cookie or two is a sin. But sin sneaks into our lives just as innocently. We are tempted by something that doesn’t seem to matter, something that seems fairly innocent enough, so we do it. Then something else, just a little more sinful, barely enough to even recognize. And this can be repeated several times, until we are stuck in something that is plainly sinful. We never set out intentionally to sin. But sin can still sneak in when we don’t expect, often in little increments that go almost unnoticed.
Be on guard not to sin, and particularly watch the little things…
A couple of weeks ago, the sports announcer, Randy Snavely, was talking about a youth camp that he was speaking at. At this particular camp, he was discussing the food at camp. He always seems to eat particularly well when he goes to the camps, enjoying the food as much as the kids – and he really loves the kids!
He spoke about a minor little temptation after one dinner. They had raspberry cookies out. Apparently, Randy loves raspberry cookies, and so he had one. A little while later, he wandered past again, and had another. Then, another…
As he was telling this story, I was thinking of sin in our lives. Not that having a raspberry cookie or two is a sin. But sin sneaks into our lives just as innocently. We are tempted by something that doesn’t seem to matter, something that seems fairly innocent enough, so we do it. Then something else, just a little more sinful, barely enough to even recognize. And this can be repeated several times, until we are stuck in something that is plainly sinful. We never set out intentionally to sin. But sin can still sneak in when we don’t expect, often in little increments that go almost unnoticed.
Be on guard not to sin, and particularly watch the little things…
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