First thought

There always has to be a first. My desire with this blog to talk about the difficulty of walking with Christ and maybe a person will read it and find it interesting. So here is the first thought. I am allergic to shrimp. Yes, it is weird. When I consume the previously named, non-kosher food I go into a temporary state of labored breathing. It often brings on the urge to pass out, but I mostly overcome that urge and stay awake with my company. I, by the way, don't like shrimp. It smells bad and tastes bad. I never order the stuff, but sometimes its presence will sneak into a meal. When I think about it, sin sneaks into me all of the time. As resides inside me, I can't breathe. The effect that sin has on us can be suffocating and becomes a situation that we have to overcome. I feel that everyday brings a way to make it difficult to breathe, while the old ways that have been effecting our breathing still linger around. If sin and shrimp have this chocking ability, then it seems only logical that I avoid them and monitor the things I consume. To my dispair, sin and chefs are sneaky. We never really see it coming. Most of us kind of feel that there is a chance that sin might be there ready to make us suffer. Unfortnately, we are rarely prepared or believe that sin will contaminate our being. I guess it is better to know what is where before it, whether shrimp or sin, sneaks in because, I think, we just want to breathe.