July 22, 2008

a "good" tradition

photo by Erin Doyle

Every year my wife makes this glorious, heavenly

orange coffee ring for Christmas morning.

It is a tasty tradition worth keeping

as long as one does not indulge too much at one sitting.

Tradition can be a "good" thing.

What we must be aware of and very carefully consider

is not allowing tradition to keep us in bondage

to false doctrine and empty ceremonies.

"So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord,

continue to live in him,

rooted and built up in him,

strengthened in the faith as you were taught,

and overflowing with thankfulness.

See to it that no one takes you captive

through hollow and deceptive philosophy,

which depends on human tradition

and the basic principles of this world

rather than on Christ."

- Colossians 2:6-8 NIV