Just a berry or two

(it's like a milkshake...minus the ice cream of course)

Just a berry or two

For the last couple months I’ve been taking a fruit smoothie on my morning commute, rather than yet another cup of coffee.  The benefits are fairly obvious…several servings of fruit and dairy that I would not otherwise get during the day…and a further reduction of my once prodigious coffee consumption.

Part of the fun is figuring out what fruit we have in the house and how the combinations might taste together.  Frozen strawberries are always a good start with any number of other items thrown in for good measure.  One thing I have learned for certain…it only takes one or two blueberries or blackberries to change the color of the whole concoction in a profound way!

“A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough.” Galatians 5:9

Paul used the illustration above to speak to the danger of untruths or false teaching creeping into the church.  Like yeast in the dough, or berries in a smoothie, a belief or interaction that begins as a small thing can change the nature of an entire community in no time.  The same goes for the story you hear that may or may not be true.  By continuing to spread the gossip along, something that may well be false becomes increasingly accepted as the truth. Use your influence instead to encourage and build others up. Promote positive change and positive outcomes by using the truth!

Thanks for all you do.

Brian

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Volume 7, Number 20