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He Fixed His Own Lunch

by Jerry Ousley  
1/20/2007 / Christian Living


I read a story some time ago about three men who were high-rise construction workers. At 12:00 Noon each day, these men sat on the edge of the twentieth story of the building they were working on and ate their lunch together. One man was from Ireland; the second from Mexico, and the third was a blond American.

As each opened his lunch bucket they began to talk. The Irishman said, "Corned-beef and cabbage again! If I get this for my lunch one more time I'm going to jump from this building and take my life!"

Then the Mexican gentleman opened his lunch. He said, "Tacos again! If I get tacos one more day I'm going to follow you off this building!"

The blond American then opened his lunch and said, "A bologna sandwich again! If I get this one more time, well I'm with you fellows!"

The next day at lunchtime the same three sat down and sure enough, the Irishman had Corned-beef and cabbage, so off the building he went. The Mexican opened his lunch, and there they were: tacos again, so he followed the Irishman, jumping to his death. The blond American opened his lunch and as usual, he had a bologna sandwich. So, true to his word, he jumped too.

A few days later at the funerals of these men, their wives were talking and consoling each other and the wife of the Irishman said, "If I'd only known he was so tired of corned-beef and cabbage I'd never have fixed them for him again." Likewise, the Mexican wife said, "Had I only known he was so tired of tacos, I'd have fixed an enchilada or something." The blond American's wife saw that the other two wives were waiting for her to respond, and she said, "Well don't look at me! He fixed his own lunch!"

We are all a lot like that blond American. When it comes to our souls, "we fix our own lunch." We are responsible for where we will spend eternity. Most people want to place that responsibility on God, but God, through His Son, Jesus Christ, made the way for us to make the choice.

He paid the price and penalty for our sin. All we must do to be forgiven and prepare for Heaven is to accept that free gift of grace. We ask Him to forgive us, allow Him to cleanse us, and then we begin to live for Him. When we do, then He "saves us" from our sin.

But the choice is ours. Are we like the blond American who wasn't willing to accept the blame for his own laziness? Or are we going to accept the responsibility for our souls? We decide where we are going to spend eternity, whether Heaven or Hell. The choice is ours. Romans 6:23 says, "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

So what are you having for lunch?

Jerry D. Ousley is the author of ?Soul Challenge?, ?Soul Journey?, ?Ordeal?, ?The Spirit Bread Daily Devotional and his first novel ?The Shoe Tree.? Visit our website at spiritbread.com to download these and more completely free of charge.

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