The Whole Enchilada

Recently my parents were in town for a doctor’s appointment. Most of the time when they come to town I go to lunch with them before they head back home to Canton. Nine times out of ten they will want to eat at the Whataburger. My dad always gets the Whataburger Jr. with a Senior drink and my mom always gets two chicken strips and a Senior drink. Their orders are always the same, which makes it easy to order for them if they are running late because of traffic.

Well on this particular day I suggested that we go to El Fenix. They have always liked eating there ever since eating at the one in town downtown Dallas over 50 years ago. For as long as I can remember my mother has ordered one Chicken Enchilada. That is it – just one Chicken Enchilada. For some reason on this occasion she asked me what I was having. I said, “The number two lunch”, which is two cheese enchiladas with rice and beans. She thought that sounded good to her and she said she wanted to try something new.

When the waiter came to the table he took my dad’s order and then he took my order. Then he turned his attention to my mother who said, “I’m going to have the number two except I don’t want the rice and beans and instead of cheese enchiladas I just want one Chicken Enchilada. Change is difficult.

That is the way life is for most of us, we have changes that we either want to make or need to make and most of the time making the change is hard to do. I just want to give you some encouragement this week to take a serious look at your life and the changes you need to make. For some it may be the need to loose a few pounds or start an exercise program. For others it may be the need to spend more time in the Word of God or more time in prayer. Maybe you need to spend more time looking for opportunities to serve others or participate in a ministry at your church. Maybe you need to spend more time with your own children making sure they have all the love and nurture they need from their mom or dad.

Just take some time to look at your life, your walk with Jesus, your relationships with family and friends. In what way could you improve your life? What changes do you need to make in order to be a better spouse, better friend, better parent or child, a better neighbor, a better church family member, a better follower of Jesus Christ?

Here is a simple plan for making changes in your life: 1. Realize the change that needs to be made in your life. 2. Have a desire to make the needed change. 3. Develop a plan to change with an end goal in mind. 4. Work the plan. 5. Stay in prayer.

May God bless you and I as we seek to make the changes in life we need to make in order to be more pleasing to the Father. Oh by the way, last week my mom ordered Chalupas – it was a landmark day.

Love God. Go Love Others.