{"id":2049,"date":"2013-10-19T09:15:37","date_gmt":"2013-10-19T13:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/?p=2049"},"modified":"2013-10-19T09:24:26","modified_gmt":"2013-10-19T13:24:26","slug":"value-meal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/?p=2049","title":{"rendered":"Value Meal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Coke or Water?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Have you ever ordered the value meal without the drink? \u00a0I mean, walk into a Krystal or McDonalds and order the “Number 1” but when they ask what you want to drink, just choose water. \u00a0Not bottled water. \u00a0Not sparkling water. \u00a0Just tap water. \u00a0Water you could get for free. \u00a0It may seem silly, but it’s hard for me to do. \u00a0Water is what I want. \u00a0Water is the most healthy choice. \u00a0But I paid for a “Number 1” meal and that often includes a free or almost free Coke . . . a Coke which is actually more valuable . . . a Coke that actually costs the restaurant to provide to me. \u00a0I want my Coke because that’s what I paid for. \u00a0 Ordering the combo meal and selecting water to drink is like getting the all-you-can-eat buffet and then getting just half a plate of salad. \u00a0I did it the other day and walked away feeling like I had won some kind of internal battle.<\/p>\n

I’ve tried to figure out why this bugs me, and I think it relates to a feeling of missed opportunity and a sense of value influenced by the world. \u00a0I had an opportunity to get something most people would consider more valuable than water, and I passed it up. \u00a0I could have had nice, tasty, fizzy, exciting option “A” but instead, I chose plain old common option “B”. \u00a0I did it because option “B” was what was best for me. \u00a0And besides that, I wasn’t even that enthused about getting sugary, calorie filled option “A”.<\/p>\n

This whole episode has got me wondering about other options in my life. \u00a0How many other “option As” am I living with simply because it’s what the world values most? \u00a0Choices for careers, possessions, attitudes, how I spend my time . . . \u00a0The world has a way of defining the “most valuable” option for us, but is it what we really want? \u00a0Is it what would be best for us? \u00a0Is it what will make us most happy and fulfilled in the long run? \u00a0I am reevaluating my choices these days. \u00a0With God’s help, I want to choose wisely. \u00a0I want to choose the things that have value, not because everyone else seems to think so, but because God thinks so. \u00a0Choosing based on the world’s value proposition instead of God’s would be the real missed opportunity.<\/p>\n

So, if you know me and sometimes wonder why I choose “option B” when the world would have said “option A” is better, please consider one thing. \u00a0 Value, like beauty, is often times in the eye of the beholder. \u00a0Or perhaps, it’s a little farther down. \u00a0Maybe value truly resides, in the heart.<\/p>\n

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So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths,\u00a0which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.<\/em>
\n\u00a0 – Collossians 2:16-17 \u00a0NKJV<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you ever ordered the value meal without the drink? \u00a0I mean, walk into a Krystal or McDonalds and order the “Number 1” but when they ask what you want to drink, just choose water. \u00a0Not bottled water. \u00a0Not sparkling water. \u00a0Just tap water. \u00a0Water you could get for free. \u00a0It may seem silly, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2049"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2057,"href":"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049\/revisions\/2057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markspruill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}