Deep Fried Texas

This weekend we went to the Texas State Fair in Dallas. I had never experienced it before, and since I’ve been a Texan for over three years now, we figured it was high time I went to check it out. We saw “Big Tex,” rode some rides, saw the animals, and fought the crowds (there was this little football game that was happening there the same weekend). And while those things are nice, they are never the reason I go to the fair.

I go for the food. There is something about eating stuff on a stick that just makes it taste better. And at the Texas fair, they don’t just put it on a stick, but they also deep fry it. They will deep fry just about anything. I saw fried Oreos, fried ding dongs, fried butter, fried bubble gum, but what I went for was the deep fried Twinkie. It was good, but when I was done I had to ask myself “was that worth all the extra calories that I just put into my body?” For me, the answer was no. Don’t get me wrong, I love calories as much as the next guy, but in this case I just felt a little gross.

Sometimes I think we do the same thing when it comes to the sin in our lives. It looks so enticing, so tempting, but then with the first bite we realize that it might be fun, but it’s not exactly worth it. I hope that I learn from this not only to avoid deep fried Twinkies in the future, but also to avoid those temptations that I know won’t be worth it in the end.

Although I may have to go back for some of that fried butter.