Thursday, August 30, 2012

Esther 7 - Careful Which Way You Lean

“Impale him on it!” (7:10 NIV)  Haman is to be executed on the pole he had set up for Mordecai.  For all his scheming, it all backfired on him.  Mordecai will not die.  Haman, who sought Mordecai's life, will.  The saying "what goes around, comes around" is surely true for Haman.

Let us seek good for our neighbor and pray for our enemy.  In the end, not devising harm against those whom we are jealous of or angry with, may be most beneficial to us.  "So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets." (Matt 7:12)
When my children were young, I would often remind them that a good reason for following this golden rule is that so often what we do to others, will be done to us.  In most cases, we will be treated as we treat others.  If we are ugly to others, they will be ugly back.  If we are generous and kind, we will receive like treatment.  And... if we plot to build ourselves up, by destroying them, we will probably fall. 

Which reminds me, I watched the movie, the "Lorax" with the grandkids the other day.  The Lorax asks (hopefully I remember it correctly):  "Which way does a tree fall?” And... the answer:  "A tree falls the way it leans.  Be careful which way you lean." 

May God help us to not lean too far to either the right or left.  But, help us to stand upright, withstanding many winds of temptation.

God's Peace - Pr. J

P.S.  Looks like I have figured out how to post blogs in advance of them actually posting for you to read.  This is going to work! Yeah! I can take a few days off from the internet to go kayaking, without regret!

 

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