PARABLE: Dad didn't call Grandmom's Oriental throw rugs "flying carpets" for nothing.
When the adults were outdoors, my brother & I would go
sailing down her long wood hall-- long before we knew someone had
invented skateboards.
Of course Dad made us stop when he found out.
MyBroAnd-I loved the new rental house with baby pine trees to jump over,
& a well house (like Snoopy's doghouse!) that we could run to, race up the top,
& jump as far as pos. Of course Dad made us stop.
I was "responsible" at age 11; so while Mom & Dad were both at work,
I made sure my Bro didn't invent any bad things to do ... So...
...... MyBroAnd-I would sneak in the outdoors-only cat Butterball;
sneak poorly hidden snacks (only a couple, figuring Mom wouldn't notice).
We'd jump on beds but of course get the wrinkles out afterward.
But always, somehow, Dad found out and....
EVER THINK UPON HOW *UNFAIR* IT SEEMS
that the FUN stuff are SINS?...
...... But then: Dad didn't want us to break legs,
break pines we didn't own,
break shingles off the pump house,
fall off the bed or break the slats (oh... I just remembered.... oops....),
or eat our limited food-- we didn't know we weren't rich.
And I won't mention what he didn't want the CAT to do in the house and hence that rule... and another oops or 2 or....
....... Every "SIN" Dad didn't want us to do--
we thought he was ruining our fun.
But now we see He had good reason.
And... one day... everyone will see that
our Heavenly Dad also had good reason for His commands.
SO WHAT ??
My
favorite finding: In last decades, environmental scientists are finding
that shellfish quickly help clean up polluted waters when their numbers
are allowed to grow again... and of course when we eat shellfish, we're
eating the gunk they ate. Leviticus 11:10, God SAID these are
"Detestable to you." Not just a "SIN" but a LOVING instruction from our
loving dad.
........ I wish I had trusted my smart Dad more as a child. No hidden parable there.
What does LORD God say ?? Leviticus 11 contains a lot of COMMON SENSE
HEALTH commands -- like not eating carrion birds, or "road kill" that can make you SICK.
Of course Dad made us stop when he found out.
MyBroAnd-I loved the new rental house with baby pine trees to jump over,
& a well house (like Snoopy's doghouse!) that we could run to, race up the top,
& jump as far as pos. Of course Dad made us stop.
I was "responsible" at age 11; so while Mom & Dad were both at work,
I made sure my Bro didn't invent any bad things to do ... So...
...... MyBroAnd-I would sneak in the outdoors-only cat Butterball;
sneak poorly hidden snacks (only a couple, figuring Mom wouldn't notice).
We'd jump on beds but of course get the wrinkles out afterward.
But always, somehow, Dad found out and....
EVER THINK UPON HOW *UNFAIR* IT SEEMS
that the FUN stuff are SINS?...
...... But then: Dad didn't want us to break legs,
break pines we didn't own,
break shingles off the pump house,
fall off the bed or break the slats (oh... I just remembered.... oops....),
or eat our limited food-- we didn't know we weren't rich.
And I won't mention what he didn't want the CAT to do in the house and hence that rule... and another oops or 2 or....
....... Every "SIN" Dad didn't want us to do--
we thought he was ruining our fun.
But now we see He had good reason.
And... one day... everyone will see that
our Heavenly Dad also had good reason for His commands.
SO WHAT ??
My
favorite finding: In last decades, environmental scientists are finding
that shellfish quickly help clean up polluted waters when their numbers
are allowed to grow again... and of course when we eat shellfish, we're
eating the gunk they ate. Leviticus 11:10, God SAID these are
"Detestable to you." Not just a "SIN" but a LOVING instruction from our
loving dad. ........ I wish I had trusted my smart Dad more as a child. No hidden parable there.
What does LORD God say ?? Leviticus 11 contains a lot of COMMON SENSE
HEALTH commands -- like not eating carrion birds, or "road kill" that can make you SICK.
9 ‘These you may eat of all that are in the water: whatever in the water has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers—that you may eat. 10 But all in the seas or in the rivers that do not have fins and scales, all that move in the water or any living thing which is in the water, they are an abomination to you. 11 They shall be an abomination to you; you shall not eat their flesh, but you shall regard their carcasses as an abomination. 12 Whatever in the water does not have fins or scales—that shall be an abomination to you.
13 ‘And these you shall regard as an abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard, ....SCIENTISTS know these are wise health precautions.
And that FASTING on occasion improves health....
And that RESTING completely every 7th day
improves mental & physical health....
GOD'S LAWS ARE LOVING.... Just as Jesus said,
Malachi 1:1, "The burden of the Word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi."
Matthew 11:30, "For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” - JESUS
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