Buying Hamburgers Versus Making Them

I went to a hamburger restaurant a year or two ago and had an interesting experience. My order was pretty clear at the counter - I wanted a cheeseburger with no tomato on it. I don’t like tomatoes. I wish tomatoes didn’t exist, in fact, so I didn’t want one on my cheeseburger. It looked like the person behind the counter understood me. She smiled and nodded as if to say, “I perceive that you don’t like tomatoes on cheeseburgers. I will make sure to eliminate the tomato when your particular burger is assembled.” Then she left me and went to get my order.

A few minutes later, as I was sitting at my table ready to bite into my freshly made burger, I noticed a red fruity/vegetably thing sticking out from under the bun. It was a tomato.

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A Victim Mentality

The following article was sent to me from one of the Christian counselors who attends our church. It has to do with the kind of mentality that he sees in many people in his line of work. Have a read…

Does someone you know have a victim mentality?

by Duncan Nalos

From time to time most of us can fall into feeling sorry for ourselves, blaming others for our problems, and leaning a little to heavily on those around us who love and care for us. Some good friend may come along hold out his lower lip, and with a sad expression say “pooooooor baby” and try to use humor to snap us out of our pity party. Hopefully we don’t stay in the “poor me” victim role for to long. On the other hand there are people who set up camp there, and live with a victim mentality. Some of these folks have had some very difficult experiences in life, and for some reason or another, have got themselves stuck in a “victim mentality” in which they blame others for their problems and feel powerless. They focus on every thing in their life that has gone sideways, and tend to drain the people around them. One pastor anonymously said “the devil sends some people along to wear out the saints”.

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The Return of the Blog

Well, I have been away for awhile from blogging. First, I went to New Zealand for three weeks and then I came back to more emails than I could imagine. Only now am I getting around to posting something in the blogosphere (I’ve always wanted to use that word. I sometimes think about using it randomly in sentences - “Hi Jim. Nice blogosphere you’ve got there.”)

After preaching this weekend, I was thinking about all the stuff that I would have liked to have said about the triumphal entry of Jesus, but just didn’t have time for. So, here are a couple of thoughts…

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