Little Debbie.
Yes, that Little Debbie, the snack cake lady.
Before you think I’m being disrespectful, I asked Shannon if I could use this title.
She gets the joke. She’s not uptight like those of you who are aghast right now.
Anyhow, I was walking through Meijer’s tonight picking up some eggs, sausage and pain reliever. On my way to the eggs, there were two employees putting away large stacks of Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cakes. I began to walk past and then stopped abruptly. I said, “Let me make your job a little easier” and took a box. When I got home, I told the family that God had led me to buy a box of cakes.
Truth is, God didn’t lead me to do anything. I saw, I coveted, I purchased, I ate. It was pure happenstance that I passed by.
My point tonight is that we often make claims that aren’t true to avoid taking responsibility for our actions.
We decide we want something and we say God led us. We do something really stupid and then say that the devil is troubling us. God and the devil take a lot of blame for our choices.
Now I believe in the sovereignty of God and the temptation of the devil.
I also believe that many times it is of our own doing that things are not what they ought to be in our lives.
Next time, before you place blame, make sure it is going where it deserves to go.
One exception, it is Little Debbie’s fault that my waist isn’t a 32 anymore.
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