In the 30 yrs i have been inhabiting this water-based planet, there have been a lot of lessons I have learned in all areas of life. One of the biggest lessons really hit me like a runaway mack truck on a crash course with my complacency and ignorance. When I moved to Austin, circa April 2007, i was introduced to one of the most fantastic chinese food chain rain restaurants called, Peiweis chinese cuisine. the ambience is very cool the food is savory and mouthwatering and well i cannot say one bad thing about this fine establishment. (dark music with a lot of bass)Enter the complexities of being raised on Chinese buffets, and now i’m at a loss for words, it simply does not compare. for those who did not understand what I just said im simply saying this. I went to a Chinese buffet recommended by a coworker who went on about how great this buffet was in San Marcos tx. So after much convincing I decided to partake in the buffet. as I ate i began to feel contempt for Pei Weis. iT WAS THEIR FAULT THAT I CANT WALK IN TO a low budget BUFFET AND ENJOY LOW QUALITY FOOD. iTS THEIR FAULT!!! Pei weis introduced me to fine dining (your probably thinking, honey theres much more better places to go to) yet but for discussion we’ll leave the restaurant as it is. So As a human i picked up a very deep insight through this experience and I honestly believe It was God speaking through a still small voice. In life being a Christian does not promise anything but an abundant life and this insight falls into experiential segments of discipleship. true Christ followers have certain experience that causes a change in them every step of the way. They can go back to their past sins (use your imagination here) but emptiness abides because its not the same contentment is just not enough but Joy holds precedence. Some of us can go back to living a mediocre life after a missions trip but its not the same the excitement of living in reckless abandon for Christ which still stirs our heart to compare the mediocre with the majestic and finding that With Christ life might be rough but Glory is worth it. Id rather spend a day writing a song to Christ then spend a few hours drinking a few hours every night, passing out AND then wondering the next morning if there is any significance in our lives. Its all Christ fault, its him giving us glory instead of guile! bread instead of stones, fish instead of snakes life instead of death. Its all Christ Fault. HOHUm!(not really) Life is Good Life in Christ is Is awesome!
April 2, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Great post! When you’ve had the best (Jesus), nothing else will do.
Man, you should have talked to me and Mark before you tried ANY Chinese food in San Marcos. We tried a few places the first few years we lived in Kyle. We quickly came to the conclusion that THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO GOOD CHINESE FOOD IN SAN MARCOS, TX. You have to go to Austin. We learned the hard way…one place we were literally there for 5 minutes…got seated, got our buffet food, got our check…it was bad!!!