Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Sooo, You Ever Polish A Pig, Carman!?!
Can't Say That I Have Since I Don't Do Pork, And I Never Played Football, Elvin!
Me, Neither, But That Phrase Seriously Speaks To Me!
How So!?!
You Remember That Scripture About A Pig Going Back To Its Wallowing Pit Right After You Spiff Him Up Real Nice And All!?!
Yes, I See What You Mean And, Thinking About That, Pigs Are Unclean, Just Like Sin, And If We Extend That There Metaphor, We Done Gots Ourselves The Problem!
Yes, Indeed, We Do!
So, Carman, What Do You Think Is Our Problem ... In A Few Words If You Can!?!
Well, Elvin, To My Mind, You Know That I Went To School Long But Not Regular, That There Polished Pig Of The Football Kind, We Should Definitely Call Sin!
We Like To Hold That Pig-Sin In Our Hot Little Hands Just To See How It Feels ... Just For The Look-See ... Or So We Say!
Carman, You Ever Had A Hard Candy In Your Mouth Convinced That You Were Going To Suck On It Until The Last Sliver!?!
Been There, Done That, Failed Every Time!
Pig-Sin Is Like That Hard Candy But Without Any Lasting Pleasurable Benefits, And With All The Undesirable Urges For More, Better, Bigger Marked To The Column "Leverage And Loss!"
You Ever Hear People Talking About Their Pork Chops And Ribs And How Wonderful They Are, And The Pork Board Talking About The New White Meat ...!?!
... I Also Read That The Good Lord Said Don't Eat It, Don't Touch It, Because Pigs Are Scavengers!
So, Who Are You Going To Believe AND Follow!?!
Playing With Pig-Sin Is ... Transgressive ... Presumptuous ... Just Wrong!
We Can't Pretty-Up Sin And "Entice" The Lord To Approve It!
Carman, We Are Not To Tempt The Lord With Our Vanities And Pride! Our Ways Are Not His Ways Nor Our Thoughts His Thoughts!
We Did Not Create Ourselves! He Created Us And He Said "Don't!" But We Do It Anyhow Because We Are Making Him Over In Our Image!
This Should Go Over Real Fine On Judgment Day!
It's A Sorry Maker, Creator, Builder Who Can't Dismantle His Mantle, Breakdown A Build, And Unmake His Makings!
'Deed!
It's A Shame How Quickly And Glibly We Ignore The Lord's Good Parts And Choose To Walk Wise In Worthlessness Because, Well, Why Not!
Don't You Always Hear That The Old Saw Says That "Everybody Is Doing 'It' So Why Not We!?!"
It Was Foolish The First Thousand Times I Heard It And It Is Still Foolish Today!
There Ain't No Amount Of Applied Gold Paint, Pearls And Lace And Lipstick Which Can Make Pig-Sin Into Eternal Growth Stock!
Sighhhh ...
The Commandments Are A Light So Let's Walk In The Light That Leads To Life!
You Ever Realize That Folly, Fools, And Foolishness Have Lots Of Fans And Followers!?!
That Is Easy To Suss Out: The Bar Is Set So Low That Everybody And Anybody Can Walk Over Because No Stepping Up Is Suggested Or Requested!
I'm Glad That The Lord Has Got Standards: Step In, Step Up, And Stand Out OR Step Down And Fool Around, Ignore The Frown, And Be Thrown Out Bound Into Outer Darkness With Those Who Believed That The Lord Jesus Was Someone They Could Clown!
That's Imagining Vain Things!
Lord, Help!
AMEN!!!
Peace!
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