This is the best time of summer. Roadside farm stands are filled with mountains of sweet corn, cucumbers and big, dark, red, juicy, vine-ripened tomatoes. The best meal ever is the simplicity of thick slices of tomato on a plate with boiled or roasted sweet corn. While some people salt their tomatoes and corn, other insist that tomatoes should be sugared. The tomato salters are horrified at the idea—sugar on tomatoes?? Who would ever eat a tomato like that? Most will not even try sugaring a tomato. Ah, human nature! If we are not used to or haven’t done something before often we are not about to change.
But change is such an important part of living. Change is what being a Christian is all about. Real Christians are always looking for ways to improve. It is our goal. Tomorrow I will be less selfish than I was today. Tomorrow I will be more concerned about others than I was today. Tomorrow I will speak more kindly than I did today. Tomorrow I will be more sensitive to the needs of others than I was today. Being a real Christian is all about change. It is all about growing—daily growing more and more like Jesus.
Written by Roger Bothwell on August 24, 2004
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