Ice Cream is Like Life.
Posted by nathan on 22 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: thoughts on god.
My wife Emily and I like to eat ice cream. It’s a nice treat for us. Last year, we stopped by Zesto Ice Cream in Auburn, and enjoyed our ice cream cones. Zesto is our favorite place to ice cream because it’s so creamy and smooth.
After we finished that ice cream cone, we decided to eat another cone as a race–to see who could eat their cone quickest. But since I’m a cheapskate, I decided we should race to a McDonalds cone.
We got our McDonalds cones, both took a large lick/bite/gulp, and both went, ‘Gross!’
The McDonalds cone was so grainy.
I have had a McDonalds cone probably 10 times in my life. I’ve never minded the texture before, but on this particular day, I did. I hated the texture. The McDonalds cone was always okay with me previously, but now that I had a taste of what real ice cream could taste like, the McDonalds cone was no longer enjoyed as much.
This got me thinking–often our walk with God entered the same place. After we have had a particularly great God experience, we try to go back to what we used to do, and it just isn’t the same any more. Once we’ve experienced what could be, we have a hard time settling for less.
If I could find an ice cream shop serving ice cream better than Zesto, I would switch. So the question is, am I looking for a better ice cream shop, or am i happy where I am?
Am I happy where my walk with God is, or am i looking and searching for more?
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