Meatless Fridays

As a family, we abstain from meat on Fridays year round. We do not restrict our abstinence to the season of Lent. Sometimes, this is easier than others. Rarely do we eat out on a Friday, unless we order a cheese pizza for delivery. We prefer to keep our entertaining to Saturday nights, if we are doing any weekend entertaining.

Life, however, has a tendency to interrupt. Many school related evening functions happen on Friday nights rather than Saturdays. Quite a few of these activities involve food. It isn't always easy to stick with the program. Meat based foods are more commonly served. At that point, it is decision time. Is it an opportunity to remember the sacrifice Jesus made for us? Is it "ok" to cheat "just this once" and have the meat based food? Is it embarrassing or does the choice regarding meat draw unwanted attention?

We had the middle school lock in at school tonight. Pizza was the primary food, supplemented with chips and cookies. Christian's favorite kind of pizza is pepperoni. Tonight, I saw he choose cheese pizza. I didn't prompt him in any way. He just choose to bypass the pepperoni.

I am hopeful this is the sign of a good foundation he is willing to build on as he grows and matures.