On Two Dogs, Carob Peanut Butter Cup, and Being a Light

Friday

Since I gave up chocolate years ago, I've eaten carob. It doesn't taste like chocolate, but that's what I chose to eat instead. Z. makes what we call peanut butter cup, though it should actually be called peanut butter circle. It's melted carob spread over peanut butter and frozen on a plate. It tastes very good.

The other day Z. was cutting me a piece. Well, something went amuck and a big chunk ended up on the floor. A big chunk. Well, the doggies could have it. It stayed there for a few days, but then Zelda decided to split it up between our two dogs, Lacey and Friday. Generally they both love anything like that, but when Friday was offered a piece, he sniffed it and backed away, so it was given to Lacey. Again Z. tried giving him a piece. Again the same thing. Lacey ended up getting most of it, but the third time he was offered it, Friday took a piece, and got two in all.

"You missed all that," Zelda muttered, speaking of the bounty "the troll" received.

Z. made a good point afterwards. Friday wouldn't take any carob cup until he saw how much Lacey, in essence, benefited from it. It's the same with Christianity, she said. People will not be as apt to embrace it if we don't show that it really does benefit us, if we don't show that it makes an honest uplifting difference in our lives.

Lacey, "the troll"
Don't let the cuteness fool you!

It's true. Yes, we are counseled in Psalm 34:8: "O taste and see that the LORD [is] good:" We are supposed to individually find out for ourselves, but we as believers are counseled to "...be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation [behavior], in charity [love], in spirit, in faith, in purity." 1 Timothy 4:12.

If we claim the title Christian, it means we are ambassadors for Christ. Are we doing Him justice? Are we showing that the way of our King is the best? He says to each of us, "Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick: and it giveth light to all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." Matthew 5:14-16. Are we that light? It's something to think on.

Blessings,
Jean