BBD 04.26.17 Who Has Woe? (Classic)
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Classic from 2010
Burning Bush Devotional
26 April 2017
Who Has
Woe?
Who has
woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds
without cause? Who has redness of eyes? Those who linger long at the wine,
those who go in search of mixed wine. Do not look on the wine when it is red,
when it sparkles in the cup, when it swirls around smoothly; at the last it
bites like a serpent, and stings like a viper. Your eyes will see strange
things, and your heart will utter perverse things. Yes, you will be like one
who lies down in the midst of the sea, or like one who lies at the top of the
mast, saying: “They have struck me, but I was not hurt; they have beaten me,
but I did not feel it. When shall I awake, that I may seek another drink?” -
Proverbs 23:29-34 NKJV.
In Australia, two 34-year-old men were drinking together, and they started
wondering whether it would hurt if they were shot with an air rifle (pellet
gun). So, they conducted an experiment to find out if it would hurt; taking
turns shooting each other in the backside, and the back of their legs.
Apparently, it does hurt to be shot with a pellet gun and eventually when the
pain became too much for them; they sought medical treatment. Now, the
state is going to do what any good parent would do, take away their pellet
guns.
In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania three men are in trouble after they attacked a
police officer after he attempted to arrest them for failure to bag their dog's
waste. The men have been charged with aggravated assault, conspiracy and public
drunkenness.
In England, a man has been fined $108,000 and banned from working as a broker
for at least five years. He had been drinking, and attempted to manipulate the
market for oil by buying a large amount of Brent crude oil. He then tried to
lie to his employer about his actions.
In western New York, a couple of Canadian men who attended a church festival
somehow ended up in the woods, naked, and covered in mud. Of course, they were
drunk, and one of them had passed out in a ditch when they were found.
There are many dangerous drugs in the world but perhaps the most dangerous of
all is the legal drug of alcohol. Alcohol has been creating problems for the
human race since almost the beginning of time. The four news stories above are
only a few of the many during the past week (In 2010) revealing the terrible
consequences of drinking.
King Solomon in his book of Proverbs asks “Who has woe?” Dictionary
dot com defines “woe” as: “grievous
distress, affliction, or trouble; or as an exclamation of grief, distress, or
lamentation.” For one of the murderers that I had under supervision while I was
a parole officer, who killed his brother while he was drunk, he certainly had
grievous distress, grief, and trouble. Another murderer that I had under
supervision, killed his best friend while he was drunk, and he too knew what it
was like to have “woe” in his life. They both knew the “sorrow” that
Solomon mentions.
Alcohol also causes physical “woe”,
afflictions, in addition to all of the emotional distress. Alcohol can cause
heart problems, sexual problems, cognitive problems, gastro-intestinal tract
problems, liver problems, central nervous system problems, and breast cancer. Some
have died at an early age because of cirrhosis of the liver caused by drinking.
Solomon also asks “Who has contentions?” Dictionary
dot com defines “contentions” as: “a
struggling together in opposition; strife.” As another
murderer that I had under supervision while I was a parole officer informed
me, “I'm a mean drunk.” He was drunk and mean when he
murdered his wife. Many who drink alcohol are “mean
drunks” and seek out arguments and fights. One man that I had under
supervision made a decision for Christ on Sunday, and the next Saturday while
drunk, nearly beat his girlfriend to death with a two by four. He went to
prison for ten years. Thankfully, his girlfriend recovered completely from her
injuries.
If you are a drinker I plead with you to stop, and if you have never drank
alcohol I plead with you to never ever start, because there is no joy to be
found in drinking – only WOE!
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