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Apr. 11, 2005 I was watching my little nephew and niece tonight at a family cook-out. It is truly amazing how we can learn from children such "Adult?" answers. As they sat side by side, I saw my nephew reach over and place his finger on my nieces arm. She was instantly annoyed and pulled her arm away. He then leaned further over and touched her again. She pulled away further and HRUMMMPHHHed loudly. Did this action cause my nephew to stop? MY goodness, NO! This was like an invite to annoy her more. I must say with total honesty that I was getting quite the smiles inside as I watched these two banter back and forth. No one had seen them yet except for me. I suppose I could have spoken up at that time but with nothing on t.v.{just kidding} I saw no reason to interviene yet. It was if nothing else, cheap entertainment. He continued to annoy her and she continued to be annoyed. Suddenly, annoyed to the end of her rope, my neice turned to him and slugged him square in the nose! I was suddenly aware of the seriousness of this little fight and stood up to step between them. My neice turned to me and asked why i waited so long to stop them? Could I not see that he was bothering her!? I stood there like a big dummy and stared at her for a minute. I was, I am sure, trying to come up with some adult lesson that was being learned here. I told her it was because I thought it was just a little bantering and that no one was going to get hurt by it. Disgusted with my answer, she sat with her little arms crossed and stared, hmmmm??? more like glared at me. My nephew went inside the house with a bloody nose which brought my sister outside right away. She began to scold my neice who was trying hard to explain that she did not start the fight, he did. I too jumped in and told her that my nephew had been egging her on and that she stayed her hand as long as she could. That was NO reason to punch him and why didn't I do something to stop it? The reason for this tale of to kids? I thought about all of the articles I have been reading in here. I thought about the words of some vs. the words of others.Were they always truly each telling their side of the story or was there something more sinister as such? I came home and went here and read the words of different people concerning God vs no God, including my own. And then I started thinking about my neice and nephew. He was only continueing his touching because he knew it was annoying her. She slugged him because she had moved away for the last time. And then I read Samantha's 2 articles.In one she says that the forgiveness is a very important part of us moving on and becoming better people. She couldn't be more right about that. What a perfect thing to pass on and to learn from. Had my neice not been annoyed by the nephews pushing, he would have tired and moved on. HAd she said to him, it's alright, I forgive you, he may have moved on. And then i read her next article about it being our choice. It was my neices choice to slug him or go tell her mother and allow her to step in. Her choice got her into trouble and her brother got a bloody nose out of it. And this relates to anything, why? Because, I have seen athiests in here write column after column Telling why they believe what they do. Hence perhaps, the touching of the finger. I have watched believers write column after column telling why they feel the way they do.Hence, the choice to slug or go tell our father in heaven and let him deal with it. Samantha brought up two things in seperate articles that were truly of the same atmosphere. We do have the right to choose how we will react to atheists. We do have the will to say I forgive you and move on. Perhaps if my neice had ignored the touch the punch may never have had to happen. As long as we continue to banter back and forth with believers vs non believers, then those that do not believe will continue to "touch" us. Jesus said if we meet with people that do not accept what we are saying then we are to brush the dust from our feet and move on. PLease don't take me wrong... I am not saying do not freely speak your beliefs or try to show why they should believe. That is how Gods message is opened to all as it should be. I am simply saying that if we choose to draw this out, then the words get nasty and someone gets verbally punched in the nose. It was just touching to me until somebody got hurt. Then i was suddenly defending my nieces punch because I didn't stop it before it got that far. Taking Samantha's two articles and wrapping them into one, perhaps we need to forgive and move on. Maybe we need to use our priveledge to choose and choose to let the words of these people fall on Gods ears. He see's it... he will deal with it someday. I know how I feel and I am going to wipe the dust from my shoes and move on to those that might actually listen. Though I may wish to punch or speak as it may be, I have the choice. As Samantha said, Jesus did not come against those that questioned.And in the end when he was asked what his truths were, he said calmly... "I have spoke openly in the streets and in churches and synagouges. Openly for all to hear..." And then... he died for us. We have spoken openly and now, it is time for those that have heard to make their own choice. To eat of the fruit or to not. God will decide what to do in the end. ------------ About the author: Darrel Day is the author of Abduction, available in stores everywhere and through publishamerica.com, amazonbooks.com, barnes and noble books and Books A Million. He resides in a small town in Iowa with his wife and two daughters. He is also the author of soon to be released "Until Death Do We Meet". He has studied and taught the word of God throughout the past twenty years. He does NOT condemn nor judge anyone because of their beliefs. That... is between them and God... I also have an MSN Group site http://group.msn.D-R-Day that you can join. My web site also up though I am still adding to it. www.angelfire.com/crazy3/darrelday Email: boogieman_50627@yahoo.com Tell a friend about this site! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com and are not allowed to be posted on other websites. ARTICLE THIEVES WILL BE PROSECUTED! |
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