Yay for Poop!

I struggled with what to name this post.

A Celebration of Defecation.  Exalting Evacuation.  Poo in a Pot.  

So I went with what I actually said: "Yay for poop!"

No one ever tells you that, as a parent, you will hold a mini celebration when your child chooses the toilet over the diaper.  But you do.

That moment when your child decides that they don't want to walk around in their own filth anymore is more than a small triumph. And it calls for rejoicing -which is what we did this morning with my son, Joshua.

I imagine it's the same in a spiritual sense. Too many Christians walk around as spiritual "babies" and the Bible paints that picture when it talks about "milk" versus "solid food".  But I think I can read between the lines.

"My friends, you are acting like the people of this world.  That's why I could not speak to you as spiritual people.  You are like babies as far as your faith in Christ is concerned.  So I had to treat you like babies and feed you milk.  You could not take solid food, and you still cannot, because you are not yet spiritual.  You are jealous and argue with each other.  This proves that you are not spiritual and that you are acting like the people of this world."  1 Corinthians 3:1-3 (CEV)

So if milk and solid food are what goes in, then the things that the Corinthian Christians are doing is what's coming out.  If they're babies, then the jealousy and arguments must be like a dirty diaper. And they are walking around in it.

Gross.

I hear what you're saying Paul.  It's time to grow up.  You didn't like dealing with the "dirty diapers" of your spiritual children any more than I enjoy the stink from my kids.  And no doubt you felt the same relief when they finally started growing up in the faith.  When you finally got to rejoice with them over putting their worldly actions behind them.  Figuratively looking into the toilet proclaiming, "Yay for Poop!"

Today's challenge is the same:  Don't walk around with a messy diaper, child of God.