Don’t Get in the Trash Can

[315 words] One day a mother was scraping vegetables for a salad as her daughter came and asked permission to go to a R-rated movie. “But all the kids are going,” she said, “and their parents didn’t think it would hurt them.” As she talked, she saw her mother pick up a handful of scraps and throw them in the salad. Rather confused, she shouted, “Mom you’re throwing garbage into the salad.” Her mom replied “I know but I thought if you didn’t mind garbage in your heart and in your mind that you wouldn’t care about a little in your stomach.” At this point the message was clear to this young girl: “Don’t Get In The Trash Can.” The world we live in is full of trash that will corrupt the Christian Life and we have the power to get in the “Trash Can” or to stay out.  We…