So, Jim Denker requested a blog on Coke. I am a Pepsi guy personally, but I am currently trying to avoid soda completely. This is why it was so funny to me when I discovered that Coca-Cola was originally marketed as a medicine. How weird is it that something that we once considered good for our health is something that we now know will rot your teeth and give you a pot belly. Of course, when it was marketed as a medicine they didn't expect people to fill up 44 ounce cups of it at their local convenient store everyday.

So the deep thought is this. Sometimes we have the tendancy to take something good and use it recklessly. I think chocolate is a wonderful gift from God, but we end up with issues if we eat it constantly. We also don't always have the best grasp on what is good for us. Just like Coca-Cola didn't turn out to be that amazing of a medicine, we often think we are on the right track to happiness, but we find out later that God really has a better option. This is OK, its part of life. I know some guys who get angry easily and think that what they need to do is run a mile or wail on a punching bag to get their anger out. That sort of works, but it doesn't solve the issue in their heart that causes the anger. As we grow as Christians, God wants to show us that he has better medicine. He wants us to sit with him and allow him to speak to our hearts when our emotions flair up. Just like I, as a adult, am losing my interest in 44oz cups of soda, I believe that God will lead us to his better remedies for us a we grow up in him.

What do you guys think about this? Do you have any examples of things that you thought were good that turned out to be kind of a letdown?