Burrito Thursday

Today was the day, dear readers, when myself, and a couple other pastors, made the trek to our favorite burrito palace, and partook of the best burritos in this part of the state. I jokingly told the others, "It is a holy day. It is Burrito Thursday."

I had a lot of things on my mind last night, and could not get to sleep, until about 1:45 this morning, with my alarm set to go off at 5:00 a.m. to prepare for my journey. Due to much lack of sleep, I somehow shut off my alarm, and did not get this blog written this morning, and for that, I apologize. So, it may seem like it is a lot "less spiritual" than the normal "blog fare" found here, please take another look.

It is amazing the things that human beings can worship. Yes, I was being funny (or at least trying to be) by calling this a holy day, Burrito Thursday, and yet, there are some amazing things that I find people worshiping. At last night's Bible study, we saw how the kings of Israel worshiped some strange gods, idols, made of stone and wood, and continued to do evil in the sight of the Lord.

Here in this life, in this century, in the modern age, if you will, we might scoff at that and think that we would never do such things. But that one-eyed monster that sets in our den or our family room comes to mind. You know the one, it plugs into the electricity, and has an on/off switch, usually on the remote? Many people worship at that altar. It is the altar of the "American Idol," and the home of "Big Brother," and countless other manifestations where we spend large portions of our time, and money.

In the ministry, even Burrito Thursday can be an idol if it is set up as something that takes the time up that we should be using in growing closer to the Lord. Good things, even church things, can be idols if they come between us and the Lord. Let us focus on the Lord, and not let anything, Burrito Thursday included, sway us from growing deeper in our walk with the Lord. ...Adios.