Labels

A Los Angeles woman sued Kraft Foods, Inc. for fraud and deceptive labeling, claiming that its Kraft Dips Guacamole Dip -- which contains less than 2% avocado -- is misleading consumers.

The plaintiff said she discovered the miniscule amount of avocado in Kraft's guacamole last year when she was made a three-layer dip. "It just didn't taste avocadoey to me," she said. "I looked at the ingredients and found there was almost no avocado in it."

According to the vice president of Kraft Foods' corporate affairs, the company is in the process of re-labeling its guacamole dip to make it more clear to consumers that the dip is merely guacamole-flavored.

How about you? Are your true ingredients hiding behind a label?

• "Nice guy" - just don't listen in on his private conversations.
• "Honest Person" - just don't count the office supplies she has brought home from work.
• "Faithful" - just don't check the website cache on his computer.
• "Trustworthy" - just don't audit their taxes.

Or maybe you have been incorrectly labeled:

• "Rude" - but he just lost his job.
• "Unfriendly" - but she is worried about the test results.
• "Mopey" - but they have been struggling to keep their family together.

Jesus said the good person will produce good out of his heart just like the bad person will produce bad out of his heart (Luke 6:43-45).

Regardless of the label we have, whether self-adhered or assigned, whether situational or permanent, God knows who we really are and eventually our true self will be sifted out of the artificial ingredients.