Remember Lot's Wife

I have a 20-year battle with my appetite. The problem is that food never seemed that good until I get married and tasted Bonnie's cooking. Last night as I was at my desk studying – the over powering fragrance of Bonnie's hot fresh baked bread and rolls came up the stairs and to my office.

The reason I tell you that is because I am not the only one afflicted with that struggle. I have five wonderful sons – and all of them love to eat. One of the favorites is Bonnie's hot dinner rolls, smothered in butter and layered with her jams and jellies.

It was about ten days ago that I saw something happen. We sat at dinner, the air was fresh with smells of turkey, mashed potatoes, and there they were – heaped up in the breadbasket, those hot grapefruit sized homemade dinner rolls. That was a delight to smell and wait for. But as I watched the basket go around the table I noticed each one of the small children look them over, even moving some aside – and picking THE BIGGEST AND BEST for themselves.

The problem is that the habit of picking the biggest and or the best for me is fine if you are shopping for sweaters, or fresh produce or good meat at the market. But it is deadly if that becomes the way to make decisions throughout life.

We all are in danger of turning out like Lot. And that is what we will learn tonight as we go to the World of the Bible, stopping in Abraham's World tonight!