19 Days....being Veruca Sault

"I want the world. I want the whole world. I want to lock it all up in my pocket. It's my bar of chocolate. Give it to me now." Veruca Salt

I'm guessing most of you have heard of Veruca Salt from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. She is the spoiled little girl who demands her father give her everything she ever wanted. And her father does. She is mean spirited and quite unkind, but Veruca demands and Veruca gets. She is so successful at getting everything she wants... you might begin to wonder why one would ever be nice or politely ask for something...maybe....

We can all be a little bit like Veruca Salt from time to time. Stomping a foot to the ground, and placing hands on hips while screaming for a new something or other. It's not a very pretty picture, but it is one each of us has displayed with our parents, our friends, our family, our teachers, our church families (I think you get the picture).

Not one of us is perfect. We all struggle in life. We all have times when we think the struggle would be lessened if we only had the latest and greatest version of something. And the desire becomes a singular focus for each of us. A focus so great we can't see anyone or anything else. And out comes our Veruca Salt - complete with foot stomping, hands on the hips punching and holding her breath until she is blue.

Maybe the foot stomping Veruca Salt we hear in you isn't because she wants a new bike or a new iTouch....Maybe the foot stomping, hands on the hips motion is because she wants your friends to turn their backs on a new girl or on a guy who isn't just like you.

Maybe your Veruca Salt comes out because she wants to do things her way, with her methods, and in her time; no one else's ideas will do and your Veruca might just hold her breath until everyone in the world knows it!

It can be easy to let our Veruca Salt's come through in our everyday life - - but you have a choice. You can let Veruca's voice be the one the world hears...or you can let Jesus' voice be the one the world hears.

Sometimes it might seem like her voice is louder - - but know this...God comes to each of us in the still soft whispers of life. You just have to get Veruca to be quiet long enough to hear what He has to say!

Fun Fact

Americans eat 25 pounds of candy, per person, per year.

But the people of Denmark eat 36 pounds of candy per person, per year!

Scripture....(click the link below)

1 Kings 19:10-13

Question of the Day...

What is your favorite book or movie character?