WARNING

"Do not be afraid of those who 

kill the body but cannot kill the

soul; rather be afraid of God

who can destroy both body and

soul in hell."

(Matthew 10:28 GNT)

GOOD OLD JUNK MAIL

Remember the good old days?

Oh, how we used to complain

about the junk mail.  The junk

mail was filling our mail box.

I wish that were my complaint now.

At least it stayed in the mail box until

we were good and ready to look at it.

It never banged on the door while I was

eating or trying to take a nap.  It waited

until "I" was ready for it.

Do you remember how we used to sort the mail?

If the piece of mail we picked up was of no interest

whatever to us, just one flip of the hand and it went

into the "round file".  We did not even have to get up.

And never walked across the room to pick it up 

and quite it down.

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But the joy that is ours now.

At any inconvenient moment the

phone will demand our attention.

It will be a "junk call" even if we

are on the "Do not call list".

How times have "improved".

Instant inconvenience. 

TREASURE

What are you going to do with all that stuff
you have stored up when you die?

You sure are not going to take it with you.

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"Do not store up riches for yourselves

here on earth, where moths and rust

destroy, and robbers break in and steal.

Instead, store up riches for yourselves

in heaven, where moths and rust cannot

destroy and robbers cannot break in and

steal.  For your heart will always be where

yours riches are."

(Matthew 6:19-21 GNT)

The treasure that lasts for ever;

"Their greatest treasure is their reverence

for the LORD."

(Isaiah 33:6 GNT)

OF SQUIRRELS AND RABBITS

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Out here where I live wild animals  are almost

as much a driving hazard as the domesticated 

drivers with cell phones in town.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY

ARE GOING TO GO.

AND,

THEY DON'T EITHER.

That is where all the road kill on our roads

comes from.  Deer, racoons, possums, skunks,

armadillos, rabbits, squirrels and drivers with

cell phones.

A short time back I was driving down a 

dirt tree lined country road.  I believe it

was county road 8350.  And I was doing

what you are supposed to do under the

circumstances.  Bounce around in the 

old truck and stir up a dust.

I happened to notice one of the larger trees

on the right side of the road with a squirrel

up the tree about two or three feet from the 

ground.  The squirrel was on the side of the

tree away from the road.  Just as safe as a 

squirrel can get.

I have to assume that it was a teenage boy

squirrel that wanted to show a girl squirrel

how brave and fearless he was.  So, he ran

down the tree and darted across the road in

front of me.

Lucky squirrel.  I was able to miss him.

This morning I was driving down our road when
I saw a small rabbit on the right side of the road.
He/she/it was on the pavement but almost off in
the weeds.  Really safe enough.  And if not content
there, it's nose was in the weeds at the side of the
road where it could easily go.

But no,
it had to turn and go the other way darting in
front of the truck.  I tried to straddle it, but that
was not good enough.  It didn't make it.
Poor rabbit.

But really.
Are we any different????
We ignore signs and warnings.
We try to ignore God himself.
And dart right out into danger.

"Sensible people will see trouble coming

and avoid it, but an unthinking person

will walk right into it and regret it later."

(Proverbs 22:5 GNT)