Today’s Thought Hostess Snacks G. Ward

“From Your precepts I get understanding; Therefore I hate every false way.” Psalms 119:104

Do you recall your very first time eating a Hostess Twinkie? Well, I guess you’re like the rest of us (in other terms, no.). It however, was a very compelling thing; a spongy golden cake with a marvelous surprise of sweet white delicate cream in the middle. The Hostess Company most certainly understood the compelling for more, so they inserted two cakes in one package (knowing that consuming only one was next to impossible.).

Our lives simulate the layers of the Twinkie. We often appear a particular way, until one pulls back a layer or two discovering more personality traits. Perpetuating indifference, or adversarial for example can often be a characteristic of many, until the assignee becomes open (or compassionate) towards empathizing with the supposed antagonist enough to discover that their whole life was filled with very few examples of peace, keeping them in a mode of defense.

The term dysfunctional has been tossed around to indicate that some lack resolve regarding past indifference. Personally, I’m troubled about this unnecessary designation, because I believe no one as exempt from such a status (cf. Ro.7:15-18); therefore more imperative to adopt is a merciful perspective (cf. Eph.5:1-2). The emotion expressed in the moment may be the lack of resolve in the past. Holding individuals hostage to perceived unrighteousness, mainly blocks your being blessed (cf.Mt.6:12, 14-15) and pompously suggests you’re not, nor have been a violator. Have a Happy Thursday, Ms. or Mr. Perfect!