Tina spread mustard on a slice of bread as if it were
paint on a canvas. (She sometimes fancied herself a sandwich artist.) Her husband occasionally called her The Lunch Lady; she had made plenty of sandwiches over the
years, anyway. Oops! Some bits of lunch meat landed on the counter. As she had
done many times before, she popped the pile into her mouth. Suddenly a terrible
taste exploded on her tongue! She rushed to the sink and spat out not only
lunch meat, but an Asian lady beetle!
What we consume can look appetizing on the surface, but
sometimes something bad is hidden from view. Maybe that really is tasty
lunch fare you’ve got there, but beware—examine it, test it, make sure what
you’ve picked up is actually something good. The songs we sing, the books we
read, the entertainment we invite into our homes and hearts—is it sound? Use a
testing mindset to protect yourself from bitter beetles lurking under the lunch
meat.
