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RE: The language of ivrit ( עברית ) Genesis 3, DTube Video #7

in #hebrew6 years ago

As one who would disobey from time to time in my youth, I learned there were consequences, often painful ones, for disobeying. It took time, but I tended to learn that pain would occur when I disobeyed and through that I figured out that I could avoid pain by doing what I was told. Even if obeying wasn't what I wanted to do, I could avoid pain by doing so, so I obeyed. At some point I even got to the point where I wanted to obey because it made my parents happy. Not just following the letter, but the spirit of their rules.

I admire God's patience with me over the years as I think I've done more to be disobedient then I ever did to my parents. Maybe not disobedient, but not necessarily obedient. Through that I know I've experienced more pain than I needed to, often because of consequences of not following in God's footsteps. One of the most difficult things can be following even when you can't see where it's going. What's the reason for the trials and pain? I don't get it, so I'm going my own way!

Surprise, surprise, there's just more pain that way, but sometimes we need to take it to remember that even if we don't agree with God's methods, He's still a much gentler teacher than the world can be. The School of Hard Knocks can leave you in a pigpen with no inheritance. However, God is good and will always hug us, clean us off, and throw us a feast when we come back. How much simpler and more joyous would things be if we could just "trust and obey" without having to go through the pigpen?

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Well put! There is a fork in that one way street. When you choose left, there is no throwing it in reverse after you see what is around the bend. It is permanent. God had a plan A and a plan B for the manor Adam.

He has a plan A, B, C, D, E, ....CD, CE, CF, CG, ... ZZF, ZZG, ZZH, ZZI, etc. for your life and has the outcome planned for each of your choices. Every plan made with love. Consequences? Yes.

How many times can you get busted when your Daddy is the Police Commissioner?
What fine is too expensive when your best friend is the King?

It is not what you do but who you know.

And if you know him, love him, you don't go dragging him out of bed to pay your fine yet again, though he will.