Have you ever had an experience where something in God’s Word simply came alive? You know, those times in life where something happens that triggers one of those spiritual lightbulb moments and something in the Bible makes perfect sense?
I had one of those moments last week.
My Mothers dod Bruiser (not pictured because he is a chihuahua and named bruiser) was having some stomach issues. Maybe he ate something that did not agree with his stomach. Maybe he was simply trying to drive my mother crazy. All I know is that he was throwing up all over our house.
Bruiser went into another room to vomit for the first round. Before my mom could realize what was going down, he had already started to lick up his own vomit. It was an extremely disgusting site. She sternly told him to never do that again. However, minutes later after round two, he was trying to lick up his own vomit yet again.
As I was being told of this, all I could think about was Proverbs 26:11 – “As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.”
As gross, stupid, and ridiculous as it is for a dog to lick up its own vomit, it is just as gross, stupid, and ridiculous for us to return to our life messes – sins, foolishness, mistakes, etc.
Do not be like Bruiser. Sure, you and I probably are not going to lick up our own vomit. But we often keep returning to those sins that give us temporary satisfaction, keep making the same decisions that leads towards trouble and dissatisfaction, and keep returning to the same messes over and over again.
Let me encourage you with these words from Romans 8:37, “No, in all these things we are more than conquerers through him who loved us.”
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Have you had any verses of the Bible come alive recently?
Have you had any spiritual lightbulb moments?
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