Chick-Fil-A is God's favorite

January 14, 4:00 pm: I went to my favorite fast food restaurant (Chick-Fil-A—where they didn’t invent the chicken, just the chicken sandwich. Cue music. http://www.chick-fil-a.com/). I wasn’t hungry, but I needed to be a place that was near my son’s 5pm baseball game where I could get Wi-Fi and work until his game started. Normally in situations like this I just drink ice tea or Diet Coke. Today I ordered an ice tea—unsweetened—since their sweet team gives me a stomach ache and makes me think I just ate three baskets of chips at a Mexican restaurant (do you know that feeling?). Though I wasn’t hungry, that feeling was trumped by the fact that I had a coupon for a free Chick-Fil-A sandwich. If you haven’t eaten here, you don’t really understand the temptation I faced. This was like possessing a coupon for a free first class trip to Europe or a free transmission. I couldn’t pass it up. I would feel like I was walking outside of God’s will to not use it. I chose my favorite—the classic Chick-Fil-A sandwich… a lovely snack. When I finished eating I beat myself up a little for not choosing the charbroiled chicken sandwich (260 calories; 3grams of fat) instead of God’s favorite sandwich, the fried one (410 calories; 16 grams of fat). Instead of filling guilty I told myself that I need to always have my copy of the book, Eat This, Not That. Oh well, at least I didn’t order the waffle fries (420 calories; 24grams of fat).