I was sent to
the supermarket to get some groceries and I texted my wife to see if there was
anything else that she needed that wasn’t on the list. The reply was, “Blue
Bell”. So, I go the freezer section to see what flavors I could choose from,
only to find a sign on the door — “NO BLUE
BELL CAN BE PURCHASED AT THIS TIME. In fact, there was a worker there who was
taking the ice cream out of the freezer and stacking it on a cart to haul it
off. Then, that night, the news reported that with the concerns about listeria,
Blue Bell decided to recall everything and it will be approximately two weeks
before more products will be back on the shelves. Also, it was reported how
people in the local area are showing their support to the company. Things like:
encouraging school kids to wear Blue Bell T-Shirts to school, doing something
nice for the employees of the creamery, signing a “We Support Blue Bell” Card,
and here’s my favorite! there’s going to be a community prayer services for the
Blue Bell Company, its employees and for those who have become ill because of
the infected ice cream! I think it’s safe to say that around here we take our
Blue Bell seriously. We love our Blue Bell Ice Cream.
Today
someone has been told they have been found with a fault, a problem, or a sin.
“Take them off the shelf! Shut them down, and don’t have anything to do with
them until they can produce something better, contaminate free.”
I’m
just going to leave these Bible verses here and let you finish the scenario:
Mark 2:17
17 On hearing
this, Jesus said to them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but
the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
Matthew 7:4-5
4 How can you
say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time
there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the
plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck
from your brother's eye.
Galatians 6:1-2
1 Brothers, if
someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently.
But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. 2 Carry each other's
burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
Maybe this could be a topic for
discussion at the dinner table or while you at the restaurant after morning
services. Maybe you want to use it for a Bible lesson or devotional. Just a
little something to think about. Let me know what you discover.
Grace & Peace
Blan
