Watch Out! The Grill Is Hot 8/30/2016

Good Morning,

I woke up today and the alarm clock was playing the music so loud that I thought I was in the front row of a concert and my ear was in the speaker. I can always tell when Rene dusts the house in a hurry. She bumps that volume dial every time! Now it's time for that first cup of Door County German Chocolate Cake Coffee.

We grill outside quite often and we do it all year round. While entertaining throughout the years I have always been mindful of a hot grill and kids. Little kids just seem to be attracted to a hot smoking grill like a moth is drawn to a lightbulb at midnight. Now we all know that hot grills and kids are a severe burn just waiting to happen. Most kids will keep getting closer and closer to the hot grill just wanting to throw something in and see it flare up. They know it's dangerous and wrong yet they just want to experiment.

Sin is just like a hot grill. It seems that all the things that could burn us spiritually, emotionally and physically, attract us to them like ants to cake on the ground. Drugs for instance are one of those things that might start as an experiment, but can suck you in for life. It started out as a temptation but turned into an addiction. When you play with sin and don't get burned you trust more in your ability to "handle it".  The sin is just warming you up for the full heat. Why burn a couple fingers when you can destroy one life as well as other lives.

All sin comes from Satan and must be avoided at all cost. The best way to resist Satan and his temptations is to run the other way, recite Scripture when tempted, and pray. Satan will flee.

James 4:7New International Version (NIV)

⁷ Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Most of all when you run and pray you are running to Jesus for help. He will never let you down and will show you a way out.

Don't get burned by Satan. Run to God and avoid the consequences of sin.

Marty