French Fry Lesson

This was another visual message we had at our church on Stewardship Sunday, I'd made this box of fries for a Youth Group lesson about 4 years ago, we keep the yellow noodles (fries) in the box to play with for games from time to time, but pulled it out to provide a fun lesson on Stewardship Sunday ... the large box of french fries was sitting in the narthex as people entered. A "French Fry Lesson" was an insert in the bulletin for people to ponder on:

A French Fry Lesson
There was a father who took his son to his favorite fast food restaurant. He bought the child a kid's meal with french fries. His son could not wait to unpack the meal and see what toy was hidden inside. After the food was laid out on the table, the father reached for a french fry. At first the boy did not notice, he was enjoying the new toy that he had just opened. Then his son noticed his father's hand reaching for a second fry. The boy scowled and reached for the bag of fries to take off the table. "Those are my fries," he shouted.

His father thought, "how ungrateful". "Why is he being so selfish? Doesn't he realize that I just gave him the fries in the first place? If only he realized that I could bury him in french fries if I wanted to!

Who Owns Your French Fries?
When you think about it, do we sometimes act just like this small child when it comes to giving back to our Heavenly Father who provides everything?
"The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it." Psalms 24:1