Gluteny

So I sinned today. I went to lunch with my coworkers and they challenged me. I'm a male and that's code for "Hey Ryan, are you man enough?". It came in the form of Buca's Large portion of Fettuccine Alfredo. The bartender looked at me (yes, bartender, in TN I can sit at the bar as long as I don't order alcohol), looked at the guys, looked at me again and told me,"Have you been here before? You sure you want to do this?" That's male lingo for "Hey pansy, what do you think you're doing?". I told him nope I've never been here before and bring it on.

Apparently a few days before game day some of the Tennessee Titans go eat there to carb up and THEY don't finish the Buca Larges! I met my match. Neeedless to say I only ate about 3/4 of the platter, but they were all impressed. I had won --my pride did at least. Here's what I won today:

-Gluteny

-Feeling sick

-A 25 dollar meal (including the 9.5% tax and 20% gratuity) I'm a good tipper.

-And about 30 lbs. of nastiness in my stomach

Wait a minute.. That doesn't sound like I won. How often does the devil do this to us? Hey, you won, like those dumb ads in the corner of facebook,"Need a Girlfriend" or my personal favorite because it just sounds ridiculous "Hot Christian Singles Near You", sometimes we just need to step back and ask ourselves, what's Truly at stake here? What am I fighting for? Best Case scenario? Worst case scenario?

You see the devil is tricksy (as Smeagle from Lord of The Rings would say). he didn't even let  finish the plate! He convinced me to sin and then I didn't even get what I wanted. He's got a dollar bill attached to a string and I'm the little kid chasing it. Now God is the parent that walks up and pulls the dollar bill away and before He gives it to us He shows us how to spend it, save it, and what makes it more than just a piece of paper. 

No more over indulging. Sometimes pride can take a hit instead. I do pray that every sin would be like gluteny, because it's just not fun at all and therefore I don't want to do it. Hmmm maybe I'm on to something...

Darn, I lost it. lol