The Ultra Secret secret recipe for chewy fudge brownie.
Author Unknown
Sightedmoon.com
My wife and I have been talking about cancelling Netflix because of all the issues with one of their recent movies. We are doing our homework to be well informed about our decision but I ran across this very timely story which seems to put it in a very sobering perspective!
Some years ago when I was a pastor, I walked into my church office after a Sunday morning service to find a little brown bag on my desk containing three chocolate brownies. Some thoughtful and anonymous saint who knew my love for chocolate had placed them there, along with a piece of paper that had a short story written on it. I immediately sat down and began eating the first brownie as I read the following story:
Two teenagers asked their father if they could go to the theater to watch a movie that all their friends had seen. After reading some reviews about the movie on the internet, he denied their request.
âAw dad, why not?â they complained. âItâs rated PG-13, and weâre both older than thirteen!â
Dad replied: âBecause that movie contains nudity and portrays immoralityâwhich is something that God hatesâas being normal and acceptable behavior.â
âBut dad, those are just very small parts of the movie! Thatâs what our friends whoâve seen it have told us. The movie is two hours long and those scenes are just a few minutes of the total film! Itâs based on a true story, and good triumphs over evil, and there are other redeeming themes like courage and self-sacrifice. Even the Christian movie review websites say that!â
âMy answer is âno,â and that is my final answer. You are welcome to stay home tonight, invite some of your friends over, and watch one of the good videos we have in our home collection. But you will not go and watch that film. End of discussion.â
The two teenagers walked dejectedly into the family room and slumped down on the couch. As they sulked, they were surprised to hear the sounds of their father preparing something in the kitchen. They soon recognized the wonderful aroma of brownies baking in the oven, and one of the teenagers said to the other, âDad must be feeling guilty, and now heâs going to try to make it up to us with some fresh brownies. Maybe we can soften him with lots of praise when he brings them out to us and persuade him to let us go to that movie after all.â
About that time I began eating the second brownie from the little brown bag and wondered if there was some connection to the brownies I was eating and the brownies in the story. I kept readingâŠ
The teens were not disappointed. Soon their father appeared with a plate of warm brownies which he offered to his kids. They each took one. Then their father said, âBefore you eat, I want to tell you something: I love you both so very much.â
The teenagers smiled at each other with knowing glances. Dad was softening.
âThat is why Iâve made these brownies with the very best ingredients. Iâve made them from scratch. Most of the ingredients are even organic. The best organic flour. The best free-range eggs. The best organic sugar. Premium vanilla and chocolate.â
The brownies looked mouth-watering, and the teens began to become a little impatient with their dadâs long speech.
âBut I want to be perfectly honest with you. There is one ingredient I added that is not usually found in brownies. I got that ingredient from our own back yard. But you neednât worry, because I only added the tiniest bit of that ingredient to your brownies. The amount of the portion is practically insignificant. So go ahead, take a bite and let me know what you think.â
âDad, would you mind telling us what that mystery ingredient is before we eat?â
âWhy? The portion I added was so small. Just a teaspoonful. You wonât even taste it.â
âCome on, dad, just tell us what that ingredient is.â
âDonât worry! Itâs organic, just like the other ingredients.â
âDad!â
âWell, OK, if you insist. That secret ingredient is organicâŠdog poop.â
I immediately stopped chewing that second brownie and I spit it out into the waste basket by my desk. I continued reading, now fearful of the paragraphs that still remained.
Both teens instantly dropped their brownies back on the plate and began inspecting their fingers with horror.
âDAD! Why did you do that? Youâve tortured us by making us smell those brownies cooking for the last half hour, and now you tell us that you added dog poop! We canât eat these brownies!â
âWhy not? The amount of dog poop is very small compared to the rest of the ingredients. It wonât hurt you. Itâs been cooked right along with the other ingredients. You wonât even taste it. It has the same consistency as the brownies. Go ahead and eat!â
âNo, DadâŠNEVER!â
âAnd that is the same reason I wonât allow you to go watch that movie. You wonât tolerate a little dog poop in your brownies, so why should you tolerate a little immorality in your movies? We pray that God will not lead us unto temptation, so how can we in good conscience entertain ourselves with something that will imprint a sinful image in our minds that will lead us into temptation long after we first see it?â
I discarded what remained of the second brownie as well as the entire untouched third brownie. What had been irresistible a minute ago had become detestable. And only because of the very slim chance that what I was eating was slightly polluted. (Surely it wasnâtâŠbut I couldnât convince myself.)
What a good lesson about purity! Why do we tolerate any sin? On the day of the Passover, the Israelites were commanded to remove every bit of leaven from their homes. Sin is like leavenâa little bit leavens the whole lump (1 Cor. 5:6). Jesus, âour Passoverâ (1 Cor. 5:7), and sin, donât mix.
Help us, Lord, to âcleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of Godâ (2 Cor. 7:1).
Hate evil, you who love the Lord (Ps. 97:10)
Perfect. This analogy is just brilliant and this is how I see Sighted Moon. There’s no poop in the mix. Thank you Joe!!
Yeah… I just so happen to be going through the same decision concerning NetFlix. I like the analogy. It’s very organic.
Dear Joe.
This mail is mainly to offer you a hug. One does not need to read between the lines, nor to reinterpret what you have written and said recently in the meetings to see that you are getting a lot of aggressive push back from nominal brethren and/or general audience of the web-page and videos. I do understand the frustration and borderline betrayals.
So I offer a purely manly hug of compassion.
You are the face. And a target.
And the latent spirit of hate and division is definitely growing stronger and more pernicious and will continue as the curses progress.
Thus you will receive more directed at you.
I hope my hug is some support. I am with you for what it is worth.
There is an important outcome of your distress. Some who argue with you do so on a point of doctrine that may be what they will remember in the near future and repent before they perish. Some may be young enough and be protected to survive (Rev 7) and be part of those who will seed the people in the millennium.
So you may be directly a central part in the process Yeshua is using.
Even though it appears that there are very few in the flock now, that will change.
So my hug is also a thank you, and a promise of support.
I am somewhat protected here from the hate. But the community is starting to model the USA. I even have families members who call themselves freedom fighters and promote all sorts of BS.
So Israel is falling apart (falling away) everywhere. We will certainly be an easy walk-over.
So let me know when you need another hug.
Pat