THOUGHT FOR TODAY FS #205/22
PROVIDED BY THE RETIRED MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT OF THE LOWER HOUSE; THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES & OF THE UPPER HOUSE; THE SENATE: CABINET MINISTER, SENATOR & AMBASSADOR: SIR JAMES MICHAEL AH KOY, KBE, CF, PAPLII, OBE, OF, JP, COMMISSIONER FOR OATHS, FCIM, FIOD, FIIM, FIMGT, FBIM, FEAAA, AIMEM, CHARTERED MARKETER.
FROM RAY COMFORT’S: THINK ON THESE THINGS; WISDOM FOR LIFE FROM PROVERBS. THE POWER OF HYPERBOLE: All the brothers of the poor hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him! He may pursue them with words, yet they abandon him. Proverbs 19:7
Hyperbole is commonly used in Scripture. It employs the politically incorrect and powerful word “hate” for the sake of emphasis.
The BIBLE says that if you don’t incorrect your children when they do wrong, you hate them (Proverbs), In other words, you may as well hate them because you certainly don’t love them enough to teach right from wrong.
The BIBLE also says that you should so love God, that all of your affections---- your love for your mother, father, brother, sister, wife, husband, and children--- should seem like hatred compared to the love you have for God who gave them to you. Hyperbole has the effect of shocking us into reality.
Humanity certainly needs to be shocked into reality. We should discipline our children and teach them right from wrong if we truly love them. We should love God with all our heart, soul, and strength (Deuteronomy 6:5) because He gave us life, and His being first in our affections is therefore good and right.
SOUL SEARCH: How does my love for God compare to my love for all other things? Does the love I have for God make my love for other things seem like hatred?
Father, may I love you more dearly each day. Amen
FROM GOD’S WORD; THE BIBLE: READ IT, BELIEVE IT, DO IT.
1. Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. Proverbs 29:17
2. And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sitters in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. Deuteronomy 11:19
ME NOMUNI NA KALOU VINAKA KEI NA SAUTU, ME NOMUNI NA SAUTU NI KALOU NI ISIRELI KEI VITI.