Stumbling Blocks
On TV lately there's been a lot of news about a famous singer that died. Before the results of the autopsy were released people had begun pointing fingers of blame. My comment to my husband was something to the effect that she was a grown woman, able to make her own choices. Then last night a restaurant known for serving food filled with fat was on the spot for a customer being taken out of the restaurant in an ambulance. The owner said that he "had blood on his hands" already due to a spokesperson for his restaurant dying in his twenties so he didn't want to appear hypocritical by changing the concept of his business now. I again thought, "Whether people go into such establishments and eat an abundance of food is their adult choice."
Later as I pondered these situations a scripture came to my mind:
Matthew 18:6 “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. 7 Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come!
So maybe in these matters we are "our brother's keepers." As Christians, we are called to a higher level of accountability. What might be okay for us to do, may send someone else spinning out of control in their lives. Is it right for us to say that they have a choice to make and then sit and eat chocolate cake in front of a diabetic who loves chocolate cake? I'm starting to think my thinking has become too worldly and jaded in these areas and not godly and kind. KT
Later as I pondered these situations a scripture came to my mind:
Matthew 18:6 “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. 7 Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come!
So maybe in these matters we are "our brother's keepers." As Christians, we are called to a higher level of accountability. What might be okay for us to do, may send someone else spinning out of control in their lives. Is it right for us to say that they have a choice to make and then sit and eat chocolate cake in front of a diabetic who loves chocolate cake? I'm starting to think my thinking has become too worldly and jaded in these areas and not godly and kind. KT
Chocolate cake on Princess Cruise for a table mate's birthday.
Genesis 4:9~
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