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It’s ironical (peculiar funny-not ha-ha; “quire”) we’ve just celebrated the birthday of Jesus, who in His own words said, “I have come seek and to save that which is lost,” if you watch TV, only the slim folks are going to heaven- you fatties are out of luck. 

Of course we are bombarded with diet commercials the minute we say Happy New Year: My name is Hartense Gumbody and I have lost 50 pounds, eatin’ crawdads and drinkin’ swamp water, tastes awful but I’m thin. I called-up Rev. Benny Taggert, on TV and told him I had sworn-off banana pudding. He said, “bless you sister, send me $. When I receive your contribution (money), I’m writing your name in the Diet Book of Life. However Jesus said, “I’ve come to save the fat; the slim, the long short, and the tall-most of all the sinner…. Who might fit any of these.” 

I hasten to say if it weren’t for Grace, I might not ride that glory-bound train. Shame oh shame, I tend to be the chuffy side. 

It’s sad where we put our values. A few years back there was a saying going around: “He who dies with the most toys, wins.” That has to be talking about things and stuff. But this begs the question: Is it wrong for us to ever pray for things and stuff... even to lose weight? To answer that , C.S. Lewis (the author of The Screw Tape Letters; The Seeing Eye), said, “We must give some place to petitionary prayer, unless we are prepared to reject both Our Lord’s telling us to pray for our daily bread, and before His Crucifixion praying that he cups (of death) might pass from Him.” 

Someone said God answers prayer in three ways: “yes”; “no”; “wait”. On the question of the weight loss petition: “He may say wait, I’m going to keep you a little better that way for my work.” 

Kindest regards…..