Good Morning,
My choice for my morning coffee is Door County Cherry Creme and I must say it was the correct choice for the day.
I have been trying to trap a chipmunk in a live trap for about two months now. My goal is to take the little rascal about five miles from our house and place him in the wild. But for every attempt at catching him, there has also been a clever escape.
My wisdom for today is this. We are easily ensnared by making the wrong choices in or lives by not realizing that each day brings choices and we need to react to them in a good way or a bad way. We also need to admit that there the devil exists and he desires to trip us up at every turn in the day.
1Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
The old devil likes to take some of the most simple things, tempt us to do them, and then closes the trap on us, causing us grief, or despair.
1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you except such is common to man.; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation, will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.
Like I said it can be the smallest of temptations, but wrong is wrong and it is never right. Here is a simple one. School has already begun or will begin within a few days. Your child reminds you that he or she needs some number 2 lead pencils. You tell the child not to worry, you will grab some from work and won't have to go to the store.
Here is just what happened. The pencils are there for work purposes. The company spent money on them for just that purpose, not to equip each employee with pencils for their kids. It is a small thing, but you are guilty of stealing and you just taught your child to do so and think it is ok. So what happens next, the child is with other kids and they stop in a convenience store and your kid gets arrested for shop lifting. "But Dad it was only a bag of chips, everyone does it." Where did they learn that one?
The escape that was provided was to acknowledge the need for pencils. Look through the house and see if there isn't a few in all the drawers of the home. Then if there aren't any, take the child with you and only purchase the exact amount of pencils required to meet the year ahead. The main way of escape is to say NO to yourself and not allow yourself to be led into the trap of larceny.
I could give you many, many examples of little temptations that have majorly bad outcomes. I will let you drum up the rest in your own mind.
Have a great day,
Marty
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