This recent Thanksgiving I was a little nonplussed to see Facebook posts proclaiming how well people were sticking to their diets. It seemed that some were posting in hopes that they could convince themselves that the dairy free, wheat grass encrusted, free range tofu loaf that they had forced upon themselves and kin was actually edible and sin free to boot.
I think a different tact for celebrations and giving of thanks is in order because of Who we as Christians are thanking. Our God doesn't give us a snake when we ask for a fish and it seems a pattern to follow that we shouldn't offer tofu loaves when celebration calls for turkeys and ham. One wouldn't go to Hawaii and post pictures of a cold storage unit they had spent their holiday in.
Now I'm not calling for wonton gluttony - swerving from that ditch to the other could get one a DUI- but for celebrating in such away that the Pharisees could accuse you of such. They did so of Jesus, as well as calling him a bit of a sot. Which probably comes from other means of celebration. Merry Christmas from the ordinary saint!
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