More Than Dinner
2010 at 1:15 pm“It helps to imagine an ornate gold frame. Pick it up (don’t worry; it’s only pretend) and place it around the image that appears when you say ‘supper at my house.’ Bet the picture you see is very specific: These are the seats we sit in, the things we discuss. Here is the person who shows up last. That is the bowl we use for the rice…. Sitting down to a meal together draws a line around us. It encloses us and, for a brief time, strengthens the bonds that connect us with the others members of [our family], shutting out the rest of the world.”
I love photography; that is why I love this quote. It tells you to stop for a minute and observe. To pull up the image of your family mealtime. Can you see it?
The Snare of Compare
We’ve come to the end of our little series on envy. Sadly it is not the end of our temptation to sinfully compare! But how grateful I am that God has preserved these words to Peter—to show us the way of escape when temptation comes. “What is that to you?” and “You follow me!” are words of grace to us all. And we have the Holy Spirit inside of us, at work to purify us from all envy and help us to follow Christ.
If you would like to review this series or go through it with a friend, we’ve made it available in a downloadable PDF.
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