BBD 05.16.16 Take Your Medicine (New)

#1 · May 16, 2016, 1:07 pm

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Since June 8^th 1998, this
is the 1738^th

Burning Bush Devotional

16 May 2016

Take Your Medicine

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai,
saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry
out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.” But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa, and found
a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go
with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. – Jonah 1:1-3 NKJV.

So they picked up Jonah and threw
him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging. Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered a
sacrifice to the Lord and took vows. Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to
swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three
nights. – Jonah 1:15-17 NKJV.

Jessie
Kingsinger’s mother called police for help in Florida to obtain a psychiatric
evaluation for her son. Her son, Jessie, is 21-years-old and he attempted to
flee from the police officers who arrived to help. In his attempt to get away
from officers he jumped into a nearby lake, but officers did find him soon
afterwards. Sadly, an alligator had bitten off three-quarters of Jessie’s left
arm by the time he was found. A spokesperson for
the Police Department said about the injury: “We expect it had just happened, seconds
before he crawled out, otherwise he would have bled out.” Jessie as
you would expect, has been hospitalized for the injury to his arm, and for the
psychiatric issue. (Yahoo News 05.12.16; The Ledger 05.12.16)

Have you ever tried to run away from
something unpleasant? I have. It is human nature to want to avoid unpleasant
things. I once wrecked my car when I was a teenager by trying to jump over a ditch four or five feet wide. The car did make it over the ditch, but it slammed the fan
through the radiator, and warped the frame. Now this was an obvious complete
failure of judgment and responsibility on my part to do such a crazy thing. How
would I explain it to my parents? My first response was that I had a friend, who
had a friend whose Dad had a body shop, and I would have him repair the car
before my parents found out. I went so far as to have my friend’s friend to
drive a wrecker out to the scene, before I came to my senses, and decided to
take my medicine.

“Take
your medicine” is an
old phrase that was often used when I was growing up. UsingEnglish dot com
defines “take your medicine” as: “If you take your medicine, you accept the consequences of
something you have done wrong.” I stumbled onto song lyrics by a group I never heard of
(Cloud Cult) titled “Take Your Medicine” with
these words: “You can take it in stride, or you
can take it right between the eyes. Suck up, suck up and take your medicine.” That night I had my friend drive me home to face my
parents to take my medicine. Probably the worst part of that was the
disappointment I knew my parents had about what I had done. My Dad let my
wrecked car sit out in the yard for a couple of weeks, and then he took it to a
body shop and had it repaired.

You know it is hard to “take your medicine” but there is something freeing about doing so.
Confession is good for the soul; it is like having a heavy weight lifted off of
you. That’s what King David found out after he was confronted with his sins by
Nathan the prophet. David cries out, “Restore to me the joy of Your
salvation (Psalm 51:12).” You can run and run from God like Jonah, but you will
never escape. 1 John 1:9 says to do what? “Confess!” “If we confess our sins, He is
faithful and just to forgive us our
sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” When you have messed
up, when you have failed, when you have sinned horribly – Confess! Don’t try to run, don’t try to hide, it will never work! Confess! Then your God, can begin the
healing that will restore the joy of your salvation.

Copyright © 2016. Ed Wrather. The
Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998
the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather
began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of those first
devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison
facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush websites:

www.theburningbush.net

www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites are celebrating
18 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush
Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to more than 14,000
subscribers across the world.

The Addictions Kit - Biblical Help for Addictions by Ed Wrather is now
available for download from Amazon. The Addictions Kit provides practical Biblical steps to defeat
your addiction that actually work.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIYLNLM

The New Pastor's Training Manual is available for download on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJ8UTGS If you prefer a paper copy of the book you can order it from
the Burning Bush website at http://bit.ly/1uXDBnk

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
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Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the
Devotionals at the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of
the home page. Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Prayer
Requests:
Please continue to pray for Michelle Abetz, Shane
Hall, Brad, Reta (my sister), Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), and Jeanie.

Please pray for an end to the
racial hatred in the USA and that it will be replaced with peace and love. Many
prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page.
You can also post your prayer requests there (Of course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at edwrather@yahoo.com or
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
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Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

Since June 8^th 1998, this
is the 1738^th

Burning Bush Devotional

16 May 2016

Take Your Medicine

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai,
saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry
out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.” But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa, and found
a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go
with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. – Jonah 1:1-3 NKJV.

So they picked up Jonah and threw
him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging. Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered a
sacrifice to the Lord and took vows. Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to
swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three
nights. – Jonah 1:15-17 NKJV.

Jessie
Kingsinger’s mother called police for help in Florida to obtain a psychiatric
evaluation for her son. Her son, Jessie, is 21-years-old and he attempted to
flee from the police officers who arrived to help. In his attempt to get away
from officers he jumped into a nearby lake, but officers did find him soon
afterwards. Sadly, an alligator had bitten off three-quarters of Jessie’s left
arm by the time he was found. A spokesperson for
the Police Department said about the injury: “We expect it had just happened, seconds
before he crawled out, otherwise he would have bled out.” Jessie as
you would expect, has been hospitalized for the injury to his arm, and for the
psychiatric issue. (Yahoo News 05.12.16; The Ledger 05.12.16)

Have you ever tried to run away from
something unpleasant? I have. It is human nature to want to avoid unpleasant
things. I once wrecked my car when I was a teenager by trying to jump over a ditch four or five feet wide. The car did make it over the ditch, but it slammed the fan
through the radiator, and warped the frame. Now this was an obvious complete
failure of judgment and responsibility on my part to do such a crazy thing. How
would I explain it to my parents? My first response was that I had a friend, who
had a friend whose Dad had a body shop, and I would have him repair the car
before my parents found out. I went so far as to have my friend’s friend to
drive a wrecker out to the scene, before I came to my senses, and decided to
take my medicine.

“Take
your medicine” is an
old phrase that was often used when I was growing up. UsingEnglish dot com
defines “take your medicine” as: “If you take your medicine, you accept the consequences of
something you have done wrong.” I stumbled onto song lyrics by a group I never heard of
(Cloud Cult) titled “Take Your Medicine” with
these words: “You can take it in stride, or you
can take it right between the eyes. Suck up, suck up and take your medicine.” That night I had my friend drive me home to face my
parents to take my medicine. Probably the worst part of that was the
disappointment I knew my parents had about what I had done. My Dad let my
wrecked car sit out in the yard for a couple of weeks, and then he took it to a
body shop and had it repaired.

You know it is hard to “take your medicine” but there is something freeing about doing so.
Confession is good for the soul; it is like having a heavy weight lifted off of
you. That’s what King David found out after he was confronted with his sins by
Nathan the prophet. David cries out, “Restore to me the joy of Your
salvation (Psalm 51:12).” You can run and run from God like Jonah, but you will
never escape. 1 John 1:9 says to do what? “Confess!” “If we confess our sins, He is
faithful and just to forgive us our
sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” When you have messed
up, when you have failed, when you have sinned horribly – Confess! Don’t try to run, don’t try to hide, it will never work! Confess! Then your God, can begin the
healing that will restore the joy of your salvation.

Copyright © 2016. Ed Wrather. The
Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998
the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather
began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of those first
devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison
facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net

http://www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites are celebrating
18 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush
Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to more than 14,000
subscribers across the world.

The Addictions Kit - Biblical Help for Addictions by Ed Wrather is now
available for download from Amazon. The Addictions Kit provides practical Biblical steps to defeat
your addiction that actually work.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIYLNLM

The New Pastor's Training Manual is available for download on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJ8UTGS If you prefer a paper copy of the book you can order it from
the Burning Bush website at http://bit.ly/1uXDBnk

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the
Devotionals at the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of
the home page. Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Prayer
Requests:
Please continue to pray for Michelle Abetz, Shane
Hall, Brad, Reta (my sister), Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), and Jeanie.

Please pray for an end to the
racial hatred in the USA and that it will be replaced with peace and love. Many
prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page.
You can also post your prayer requests there (Of course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at edwrather@yahoo.com or
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
endorsements at http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=92988105

If you enjoy the devotional
please recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank
email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

You can unsubscribe to the burningbushdevo devotional group by sending
a blank email to burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org and then respond to the
confirmation email.

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constraints the devotional is only being sent now in html format) by sending a
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