Anne Elliott

Spring Cleaning My Father’s House

Spring Cleaning My Father’s House

Bible study· Biblical Feasts· God's Word in my life

It’s the day before Passover. The children run through the house, pleased that the days of cleaning are over. Tomorrow is a special day, no school and no work, gathering with friends.

I wipe my hands on my apron and retwist the knot in my hair, since everything is falling out of the clip under my dusty bandana.

I look around my spotless kitchen. My critical eye judges everything in sight. The kids will be back soon, looking everywhere to see if we missed a crumb or bit of yeast. They think it’s fun to find a crumb we’ve overlooked. But we worked so hard the last few days, and I’m tired. I hope we got it all out.

What’s So Bad about Bacon?

What’s So Bad about Bacon?

God's Law· God's Word in my life

A friend recently asked, “Is it a sin to eat bacon?”

A debate raged in my mind. She knew that our family didn’t eat pork, and I knew she didn’t agree, but neither was she trying to be rude. She was asking what I honestly thought.

On the other hand, her relatives worked for a major pork processing plant here in southern Minnesota, and I knew that if her family changed their opinion of eating pork, there would be major financial ramifications.

Was it really such a big deal if she ate a little bacon? Was it worth a big fight?

And then my conscience added, “Does it really matter, Anne, what you think? Don’t you think you should tell her what God thinks?”

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