T'werent Bad   Sunday, October 5, 2014

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I did it!  I was successful in making seafood gumbo.  Just a tad too spicy but still, it was really good.

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I have been preparing this dish for over a year.  No, it hasn't been on the stove that long but it has been "in the hopper" since August 2013.

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Started with a trip to the beach and buying some shrimp, peeling, cleaning and freezing it.  I froze the shrimp peelings too.  I used the peelings to make stock later in the year only to freeze that.  Then I finally decided to give it the ole college try today and wallah - supper was ready!

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Walking with Jesus should be more of a deliberate decision than seafood gumbo.  Just like I couldn't wait until the heat of the stove to decide to make supper tonight, you can't wait until the heat of temptation to decide to follow Christ.  It's a deliberate decision before hand.

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The result was a enjoying a dish that tasted great, and I put 8 more bowls in the freezer for a cold winter day.  The result of following Christ is a "joy unspeakable and full of glory". 

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Want some gumbo?  Sorry...go make your own.  Want the joy of serving Jesus?  Can't do that for you either.  That's your choice as well.  Why not make a deliberate decision to follow Christ tomorrow, and the rest of your life.  You won't regret it!

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Oh, is wallah really a word?  Spellchecker seems to think it is.  :)