life lesson ...

Earlier today, Shawna, Alyssa and I found ourselves on the couch watching TV. I'm not sure how we ended up on "Strawberry Shortcake," but we did. For those of you that haven't been so lucky to see a 30-minute episode of said "Shortcake," be thankful. It's painful. I almost found myself wishing to see an episode of "So You Think You Can Dance" instead (and that's saying a lot). Anyway, with about 5 minutes until the end of the show, Strawberry Shortcake and her friends corner the evil sea serpent; victory is in sight. In fear of her life, the sea serpent begs Strawberry for mercy. It's her response that wow-ed me. "Well, I'll forgive you if you promise never to do that again." Serpent agrees, forgiveness abounds, Strawberry breaks out in song and the credits roll. So, what's the big deal, you ask? Well, though it's just a children's show, it occurred to me that we're going to have to undo that lesson when Alyssa starts to understand Jesus' complete forgiveness for our sins: past, present and those we'll do again. If Strawberry is reading this, stick to making tasty desserts and leave the life lessons to us.