Mauled by Bears

Recently I spoke at a school for troubled kids. These kids have been kicked out of school or suspended because of their actions and unruly behavior. I was asked to speak on very short notice. I was going to just tell my testimony and that is how it started out. I used John 1:1-3. The last part of that passage is what hits me. The 3^rd verse says, “Through Him all things were made; without him nothing was made.”

Okay well I started this blog on the 12^th and got the first paragraph and then stopped. The last three days have been pretty difficult with purity and it’s crazy that God is still faithful even though I am deliberately disobedient. I have spent the last two mornings at the lake by my work. I usually get breakfast, eat it, read a chapter and then throw my line in a few times before I leave. I have recently been reading Proverbs. Nothing specific just random and I am continually amazed on the wisdom that comes out of that book. This morning I read Proverbs 17. This was pretty funny to me because of the picture that came into my head as I read. Being an intermediate outdoors man I get most of the references that are made.

Just a few verses, more impacted me but the ones that really hit me were these two. I wouldn’t want to meet a bear anywhere beside a zoo let alone a female that just lost her babies. That’s a pissed off animal. And meeting a fool is worse. This is funny in the fact that I can picture this as like a stand up routine but at the end of it the reality of it sets in that there are no jokes. In God’s eyes it is better for you to get mauled by a bear then meet a fool. God is amazing at giving me visuals to help me understand his views better. We are so desensitized to what God takes serious. We let small things take foot holds and bring us down after they have impacted us. I am amazed at how often I let little this root in me like tics and just slowly wear me down. It is time to “sweat the small stuff” Kevin James.

The next part is like me going to the store and buying …an engineering book. I wouldn’t understand it and I would waste money. It’s humbling to me that God choose me and that I do understand. He has given me the ability and it is even more humble to understand and then at times deny him or disobey knowing full well I don’t deserve anything that he gives me. I am truly blessed in even way. Help me to understand more.