A New Kind of Idol

When Christians talk about idol worship we always mention things like money, television, and people. But I've been thinking about something else that can become an idol, something no one ever mentions when listing potential idols. Something almost everyone idolizes at least at some point in their life. The scale. I've been dieting and exercising and I feel great. But one trip to the scale can send me into a tailspin of negative emotions, frustration, and even anger. Every time I walk into my room I see that scale, that little square of plastic and other inner material that screams at me telling me I'm doing a terrible job, I'm a failure, I can't do it. And yet, I continue to step on, continue to judge myself by what the scale "says." I hang on it's every "word" like it's a . . .well, like it's a god. I won't do this anymore. So today, the scale is going in my parents room. I will step on it once a week and that's it. And if it tells me something I don't want to "hear" I won't let it destroy my day. I can't. Enough. I'm "smashing" this idol!

Keep on singing,