Are You Hangry?
Missy was talking about being hungry and how when she gets
really hungry it turns into being Hangry.
It’s getting so hungry that it effects your emotions and you get angry. I found it a funny word but I could also
relate. I am sure many of us can. I know there are times during the day at work
I can get so hungry I go to the vending machine and just impulse buy. I don’t really consider what it is only that
it is a quick fix to how I feel. Now we
were just talking about food and our stomachs but what if we widened the
thought a little. How many of us get
hangry for other things like love and attention from our spouse? We need the connection and we get hungry for
it but what happens when we get Hangry for it?
There really isn’t a vending machine for in impulse buy, which buy the
way isn’t good for us anyway but do we try to fill that void up with other
relationships. Don’t get me wrong some
relationships can be positive and those are ones that continue to point us back
to Christ but when we are hangry it is usually an impulse connection. One made of convenience. What
about feeding out spiritual self? How
many times do we get so hangry that we grab any quick fix we can to fill that
void no matter how temporary. I was reading
about Esau and Jacob and how Esau sold his birthright for a bowl of soup. He was in a weak moment because he was
Hangry, He was willing to compromise because he was hangry, he even whined because
he was hangry. We need to make sure we
don’t get hungry. We need to make sure
we aren’t starving our selves physically or spiritually. When we are starving we make weak,
compromised, and emotional choices. Almost
anything looks good smells good and tastes good when your hangry but step back
clear your head for a minute and ask yourself “If I wasn’t Hangry would this
really be ok for me?” “Am I
compromising?” Where we live right now
there is no excuse for being spiritually hungry. There is music, Bibles, and audio sermons right
at our finger tips and for smart phone users in our pockets. We are always just a prayer away from Christ
who promises to show Himself to those that are looking for Him.
Thanks and enjoy a good meal today.
