Hebrews 8:7-13 part 2 {Lesson 8/Day 4}

(Special message at the end of today's lesson.) I was the only kid I knew with lunches made with home ground peanut butter, unsweetened apricot spread, and wholegrain nut bread. While others had Skippy, we had Laura Scudder’s. While others were buying margarine, we were eating butter and and cooking with coconut oil. While others had chocolate bars we had carob. Of course, it’s pretty common knowledge nowadays that butter or coconut oil is much better for you than margarine, and the peanut butter you have to stir is way healthier than corn syrup laden Skippy, and everyone on the planet seems to be using coconut oil, but as a kid, I wanted the junk food lunches with white bread, grape jelly, and creamy peanut butter like the other kids. I ate what I ate because my parents bought it and were teaching us to live healthier. I get that now, but then I only ate that way because it was the house rules. As an adult I not only see the value, I’m thankful for my parents and how ahead of the curve they were with healthy eating. When coconut oil started gaining popularity and people started ditching margarine for butter I laughed because I’ve never bought a tub of margarine in my life and coconut oil has been in our cupboards before it was cool. I eat healthy now, not because it's my parents’ house rule, but because in my heart, I know it’s best. It’s not a chore to eat healthy – it’s a joy. Why would I eat any other way? How much more so is the law of God when it is on our hearts? God’s law is not a commandment written on stone – I’m not trying to know God through the law...I know Him because He’s in my heart and that has made all the difference. (As for carob...that’s a big N-O. That never took hold. Chocolate all the way!) www.LaMiradaChurch.com