Good Sunday morning! The gathering of the Lord's people to accomplish some task can be a wonderful thing. It can also make one hurt all over. We moved a family yesterday, and that served to remind me of why I don't want to move very often in this life. While I sit here complaining of my aches, I can't help but think of those down south who may not have a home to move back into. We should pray for those areas hit by hurricanes this year, and remember that the season is not over yet.
It seems that in movies these days drug money is the buried pirate treasure of the age. Many movies are about finding, taking, or making the easy drug money. The funny thing is that God gave the commandment: Thou shalt not steal. I don't recall any exceptions to the rule, pirates, drug dealers or otherwise. However, if you are to believe the moves, drug money is yours for the taking, unless someone comes to take it back, usually at gunpoint in the movies. Sometimes we try to excuse a sin by shifting the blame to someone else. Criminals didn't work hard to make the money, or stole it from someone else, and so we can take what obviously isn't theirs to begin with, so goes the reasoning in much of our media. The Law as laid down in the Old Testament isn't quite so easy-going when it comes to guilt and conviction. Adultery is often treated the same way in our television shows and other media. She is out with this other guy, and so her husband is free to commit adultery with someone else. In one way the movies are correct, once you find some way to rationalize sin and act on it, you will find yourself in a big ol' drain, swirling around until you hit bottom. That is why we are told so many times in the Bible to resist, avoid, and pray about temptation and sin. We know from our Christian experience that fate, luck, chance, or our own abilities are not enough to get us out of sin. Only in Jesus will we receive forgiveness and the strength to resist.
Wow, I feel the weariness today. I need to go back to work in order to rest up. Have a fine and wonderful Sunday in Christ!
Bucky
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