Hot dogs with spaghetti inside them? How strange is that? I think most people would not want this for supper (or any other meal); well, not quite everyone- How about Sheldon Cooper, PhD.? Would HE like this? Perhaps, but wait; it is missing something... Which reminds me of an encounter Jesus had with someone in the New Testament...
Luke, Chapter 18
21 He said, “I have observed all these things from my youth up.”
22 When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me.”
23 But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was very rich.
24 Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God! 25 For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God.”
26 Those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?”
27 But he said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”
From the way this "ruler" talked, he seems like someone who is a religious person. He tried to follow God, but Jesus knew his heart. And that heart loved riches more than all his professed love for the Almighty. But, although this exchange may seem strange to us, in reality it is fairly common. Think about how many people you know who work and work and work- and for what? More and More and More MONEY!!! Now, I am not saying they are "BAD" people, but they lack something. That something is loving God more than possessions. Yet, there is hope, because verse 27 says there is. We all have things pressuring us to put God in "second place"; and this is our something lacking!!! Besides God, YOU are the only one who really knows what your heart is like- so pray about this, work on it- remember, there IS HOPE (WITH GOD)!!! And, as usual, I forgot the picture at the top-- Sheldon Cooper, PhD. likes ketchup on his Texas spaghetti, doesn't he??? I wonder what your missing ingredient is????