April 13, 2009

"The wise person sees danger and hides; but the simple go on, and suffer for it." Proverbs 22:3

We hear it every year: "Fire two rounds and take cover." Fire and hide. Works great in fire arms training, but what about spiritual training? It seems that God first gives us His wisdom and then He gives us an inner feeling when there is trouble ahead, and then He helps us to avoid it. As Christians, we don't have to always stand up and confront a bad situation "face to face." Actually we have the inner power to avoid it and to let it pass on by. Is it a temptation, an abrasive person, a touchy circumstance, future problems in a potential relationship? The list is endless. A lot of these potential headaches can be avoided if we just duck and hide and let the problem go right by us. Yes, there will be some headaches and heartaches that are unavoidable. But many are self-inflicted and could have been avoided if we would have just ducked and hid. Flee the presence of evil. Hide. To do otherwise it to go on and suffer for it.

Thought for the week: It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously. -- Peter Ustinov

Funny for the week: Bobby was spending the weekend with his grandmother. His grandmother decided to take him to the park on Saturday morning. It had been snowing all night and everything was beautiful.His grandmother remarked, "Doesn’t it look like an artist painted this scenery? Did you know God painted this just for you?" Bobby said, "Yes, God did it and he did it left-handed."This confused his grandmother a bit, and she asked him, "What makes you say God did this with his left hand?""Well," said Bobby, "we learned at Sunday School last week that Jesus sits on God’s right hand!"Don't you just love children's theology?.................Chaplain Barnes

Last week’s answer: Which book in the Bible has the longest word in it? Isaiah 8:3 (Meher-shalal-hash-baz)This week’s question: How did the Philistines find out the secret of Samson’s strength?