“A gray head is a crown of glory; It
is found in the way of righteousness” (Pro. 16:30). “Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the
world” (1 Cor. 1:21). “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of
wisdom. A good understanding has all
those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever” (Psalm
111:10).
Hey Gang,
Continued from yesterday.
I believe
God saw this time coming to our nation and gave Paul the following as a wake-up-call:
“Where is the wise man? Where is
the scribe? Where is the debater of this
age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom
of the world?” (1 Cor 1:21).
In the past
years as Director, and then President of Eagle Village, I have interviewed and
trained many young people to be effective warriors when working with youth with
behavior problems.
At the end of the training period, when they
were ready to take on the responsibilities of caring, witnessing, coming along
side kids who were dealing with tough issues in their lives, I shared with them
that an old salt came along side me and trained me to be a good air traffic
controller; he said, “One day you will see aircraft flying around in your head”
– a fact that happened several weeks after I began active controlling of
aircraft. I was ready.
In my
lifetime I have been blessed to have people, gray-haired people who have come
along side me and shared the tools of survival in this world and about things
in this world that frequently do not work out the way we might want them
to.
What a
superb piece of wisdom that was; I ended
up working with the most unpredictable animal in the world, the teenager who
had a tendency to make bad decisions!
Do you
remember the story of Rehoboam when he was challenged by Jeroboam to lighten
the load on the people when he was established as king? He first consulted with the elders, meaning
the gray-haired gents who sat at the gate and made decisions. Their consul? Listen to the people, remove the
pressure and they will serve you. I
suspect Reoboam had a different idea in mind and sought out like-minded
thinkers who were the young men, who did not have a clue about how to establish
a government of the people, by the people and for the country.
Their advice?
Turn up the heat; screw the lid down!
“The king answered the people harshly, and King Rehoboam forsook the counsel of
the elders”. (I Chron 10:13). The bottom line of that decision, Israel,
under the leadership of Jeroboam became a nation in rebellion.
I do not
have a clue if Ford or Kavanaugh were totally one hundred truthful. I tried to remember something that I had done
thirty-six years ago, when I was a mere fifty years old; however my only true
recollection was that I was up to my arm pits in alligators with the
responsibility of caring for hundreds of kids and a whole barn full of staff.
Well, this
turned out to be a longer dissertation than I intended, and I give you
permission to agree or disagree with me.
But, I do want to share one last
very important piece of advice from someone who walked this earth in
perfection. In His Sermon on the Mount,
Jesus said this, “Do not judge so that
you will not be judged”. He went on
and added, “For the way that you judge,
you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you”
(Matt. 7:1-2). Do you get the message? We
will be judged as we judge others.
In closing:
there was a political ad in the paper which showed a picture of President Trump
with the caption, “You think they are trying to get me, but be not fooled, the
real object of their wrath and anger is YOU.
That could have eternal implications.
Blessings,
Gramps
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