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?”