It's not the Nike Swoosh that stinks!!

We went to my in-laws house a couple of months ago. we got our kids out of the van and walked inside. After a few minutes, we smelled something horrible. My mother-in-law smelled it, my wife smelled it and my kids smelled it. After several minutes of them trying to determine where the smell was coming from, I decided to join in the investigation. I got on my hands and knees and let my sniffer go to work...(I knew being a goat would come in handy one day!). I quickly found the culprit. I picked up my daughter Madisens shoe and said, "Found it!" There was dog poop stuck on the bottom of her shoe. What my daughter said next was utterly profound... she said.... "Somebody Pooped on my shoe!!!!!"

Unbelievable!

Being the preacher that I am, I quickly made the spiritual application....here goes.... Isn't it funny how we do like Maddie and go our own way, we forsake the proverbial "side walk" that God provides, we end up stepping in it, we smell it wherever we go and we have the audacity to declare that "someone has pooped on my shoe!!!" Nobody has pooped on my shoe!

I understand that there are circumstances that we go through that we didn't ask for... however, there are those times that it is US who has decided we know a better way, a better short-cut, a better path, a better method... we end up stepping in "it" and no matter what we do, that essence follows us.

How dare I question others or even God when things aren't fresh but rather poopy. Nobody did me wrong! Nobody made those decisions for me. Nobody twisted my arm. Nobody forced me to ______________ (fill in the blank). I stepped in it...I I I. Nobody pooped on my show. And I bet nobody pooped on yours either.