Special Brownies: A Funny Lesson

See the hilarious way one dad was able to convince his kids the movie they wanted to see was no good in God’s eyes!

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. – Proverbs 22:6

Trying to convince our kids (or even ourselves, for that matter) that something is inappropriate in God’s eyes can be a difficult feat. Especially when “everyone is doing it”! Read the hilarious way one dad was able to convince his kids that a movie with just a little sex, violence, and bad language is still not worth watching.

Many parents are hard put to explain to their youth why some music, movies, books, games and magazines are not acceptable material for them to bring into the home, for their youth to see, or hear. One parent came up with an original idea that was hard to refute.

He listened to all the reasons his children gave for wanting to see a particular PG-13 movie. It had their favorite actors. Everyone else was seeing it. Even church members said it was great. It was only rated PG-13 because of the suggestion of sex. They never really showed it. The language was pretty good. They only used the Lord’s name in vain three times in the whole movie. The video effects were fabulous and the plot was action packed. Yes, there WAS one scene where a building and a bunch of people got blown up, but the violence was just the normal stuff. It wasn’t very bad.

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Even with all these explanations for the rating, the father wouldn’t give in. He didn’t even give them a satisfying explanation for saying, “No.” He just said, “No.”

It was a little bit later that evening that this same father asked his teens if they would like some brownies he had prepared. He explained that he had taken the family’s favorite recipe and added something new. They asked what it was. He calmly replied that he had added dog poop. But, he said, it was only a little bit. All the other ingredients were gourmet quality. He had taken great care to bake it at the precise temperature for the exact time. He was sure the brownies would be superb. But, even with all the explanations of the perfect attributes of the brownies, the teens would not take one.

The father acted surprised. There was only one little element that would have caused them to act so stubbornly. He assured them that they would hardly notice it if at all. They all held firm and would not try the brownies.

He then explained that the movie they wanted to see was just like the brownies. Satan tries to enter our minds and our homes by deceiving us into believing that just a little bit of evil won’t matter. With the brownies, just a little bit makes all the difference between a great brownie and a totally unacceptable product. He explained that even though the movie people would have us believe the movies that are coming out are acceptable for adults and young people to see, they are not.

Now when this father’s kids want to do something or see something they shouldn’t, he merely asks them if they would like some of his special dog poop brownies — and they never ask about it again.

– Author Unknown

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