MAY 7 "NO ORANGE JUICE IN FLORIDA?"
One spring our family was driving from Fort Lauderdale
to Tampa , Florida .
As far as the eye could see, orange trees were loaded with fruit. When we
stopped for breakfast, I ordered orange juice with my eggs. "I'm
sorry," the waitress said. "I can't bring you orange juice. Our
machine is broken." At first I was dumbfounded. We were surrounded by millions
of oranges, and I knew they had oranges in the kitchen--orange slices garnished
our plates. What was the problem? No juice? Hardly. We were surrounded by
thousands of gallons of juice. The problem was they had become dependent on a
machine to get it. Christians are sometimes like that. They may be surrounded
by Bibles in their homes, but if something should happen to the Sunday morning
preaching service, they would have no nourishment for their souls. The problem
is not a lack of spiritual food, but that many Christians haven't grown enough
to know how to get it for themselves.
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