If you look at the pencil it appears to be broken but it obviosly is not. The pencil is just like choices and sin. At first glance sin can seem to be the easy way out or the cool thing to do but you have to look farther than that. Choices are the same way you can not just flat out decide to do something before you even think about it. You have to actually take time to pray about stuff before you just go ahead and do stuf. If I where to see all of my friends smoking and drinking at first thought I might think that I should go ahead and smoke and drink too. Sense they are all doing it how bad could it really be but you have to have the sense to take the pencil out of the water and see what it really is. In this example when you take the pencil out of the water you would see that it could ruin you lungs and stuff for the rest of your life.
Be smart enough to take the pencil out of the water.
Very good. I like the analogy.
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ReplyDeleteYou know Stephen that is an excellent way of looking at the world. And it will serve you well as you go through the upcoming difficult teen years. And while you should always strive to see the pencil for what it is try not to be so hard on yourself when you get tricked. And remember God allows forgives.
ReplyDeleteAnd when you take the pencil out. Be sure to write something with it ;)
ReplyDeleteLike it Nathan
ReplyDeleteAnother great post! Wow. So fast too. Awesome :D Keep it up!
ReplyDeleteStephen, I tagged you here: http://noahsreads.blogspot.com/2010/05/tagged.html
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