This is the time of year we look back and remind
ourselves what we are thankful for. This is also
the time of year where we are reminded that
there is such a thing as pumpkin spice. Pumpkin
is everywhere, pumpkin spice coffee, pumpkin
spice cookies, and pumpkin spice smelling un-
derwear. The list goes on and on with what peo-
ple do with pumpkin spice. They market it super hard.
They want you to know that pumpkin spice is a thing.
People anticipate pumpkin spice. Then, pumpkin spice
is gone. Everyone forgets about it until next fall. That is
how some Christians are.
I know I was like that for a long time. There were months
at a time where I did not give God a single thought. I
would live in the world and be miserable. Then, some-
thing would happen and I would see God everywhere. He
would be on my mind. I was happy. Then the time would
be over and I would go back to what I would normally do
and forget all about God once again. Instead of fall, it
was the summer time where I would remember him.
During the time when I was working and going to
school, I got so busy thinking about me that I completely
forget about God and all the wonderful things He does
for me. I got so caught up in my life that He went onto
the back burner. Then as soon as I was free, I started to
remember that God exists and I got really excited again.
“Yay God! I’m so glad you are in my life!” He doesn’t
want that at all. What can He do with me as a perpetual
prodigal son?
At some point I would have to choose what kind of
follower I was going to be. I needed to be with Him for
the whole year or not at all. I looked through my Bible
and found Colossians 2:6-7.
“As therefore ye received
Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and builded
up in him, and establish in your faith, even as ye were
taught, abounding in thanksgiving,”
(ASV). It doesn’t say
anywhere in that verse that we should walk with Him
sometimes. It is telling us to be with Him all the time.
I read that and realized that I needed to change the
way I was living. I should stop being a pumpkin spice
Christian! God doesn’t want that. He doesn’t want to be
the thing you crave for a few months. He wants to be the
thing you crave every month. He wants to be the thing
that is on your mind every day. It says in Proverbs 3:5-6,
“Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, and lean not upon
thine own understanding: In all thy ways acknowledge
him, and he will direct thy paths.”
(ASV) He wants to
lead you, and you should let Him.
If you are being a pumpkin spice Christian, I strongly
suggest you start to turn your life around. Trust me when
I say that you will be a lot happier.
SR October 2015
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SR
Willy Villalpando
Maranatha Community Church; Colton, CA
Young Adult
Pumpkin Spice Christian
by Dakota Watt
Central SDB Church, Mitchellville, MC
