BBD 10.25.16 Don't Jump (Classic)

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Classic from 2009

Burning Bush Devotional

25 October 2016

Don’t Jump

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 23:29-35 NKJV.

A 32-year-old woman jumped willingly into the polar bear pit at the Berlin Zoo.
Not surprisingly, this did not turn out very well for her as one of the bears
bit her on her arms, legs, hips and back. Perhaps the most surprising thing
about this is that the woman actually survived, although with severe injuries.
An adult polar bear can weigh as much as 1500 lbs. (680 kg.) and is a vicious
predator. Much credit goes to the zoo employees who reacted immediately to try
distract the bears and at the same time pull the woman out of the pit.

We can learn an important lesson from this sad event at the Berlin Zoo. We can
learn that if you jump into a pit with polar bears it is not going to end up
very well for you, and you may even end up being lunch for the polar bears. It
does seem strange that we human beings are capable of such non-rational acts.
We seem to have a habit though of jumping into things that will obviously bring
much pain into our lives.

If you drink alcohol to excess it is going to cause you problems as the writer
of Proverbs says, “at the last it bites like a serpent, and
stings like a viper.” If you jump into the
pit of methamphetamine use, or cocaine use, or the abuse of any drug you are
going to be bitten. If you jump into the pit of having an affair you can expect
to be bitten. If you jump into the pit of felonious behavior, whether robbing
banks or writing bad checks, you can expect to be bitten.

You can spare yourself a whole lot of pain in life by just refusing to take the
jump. Don’t jump into the polar bear pit! Don’t jump into the alcohol pit!
Don’t jump into the extra-marital affair pit! Don’t jump into an illegal drug
use pit! Don’t jump into the law breaking pit! Don’t jump into the doing
anything to make money pit!

The Bible warns against many things, our laws prohibit many things, and our
parents tell us not to do other things. Why? Because there are things out there
in this world that are just as dangerous as a hungry polar bear. Before you
jump into the pit you might want to give it another thought, ask for some
advice, wait a few minutes or even better, pray about it. You don’t really
want to be lunch for a polar bear do you?

Copyright © 2009-2016. 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 12,000
subscribers across the world. (At one time there were 18,000 subscribers to the
email devotional. Email has become less important as many are using the social
platforms like facebook and twitter more frequently.)

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.

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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
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Prayer
Requests:
Please continue to pray for healing for Michelle Abetz,
Shane Hall, Brad, Damon D. & wife, Reta (my sister – she is currently in
hospital very ill), Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), Lexi McCalip and Jeanie.

Please pray for God’s will to be
done in the upcoming election in the USA. 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. My prayer focus is
now that God will give me opportunities to preach. As the apostle Paul says, “…woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!”).

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@...>

Classic from 2009

Burning Bush Devotional

25 October 2016

Don’t Jump

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 23:29-35 NKJV.

A 32-year-old woman jumped willingly into the polar bear pit at the Berlin Zoo.
Not surprisingly, this did not turn out very well for her as one of the bears
bit her on her arms, legs, hips and back. Perhaps the most surprising thing
about this is that the woman actually survived, although with severe injuries.
An adult polar bear can weigh as much as 1500 lbs. (680 kg.) and is a vicious
predator. Much credit goes to the zoo employees who reacted immediately to try
distract the bears and at the same time pull the woman out of the pit.

We can learn an important lesson from this sad event at the Berlin Zoo. We can
learn that if you jump into a pit with polar bears it is not going to end up
very well for you, and you may even end up being lunch for the polar bears. It
does seem strange that we human beings are capable of such non-rational acts.
We seem to have a habit though of jumping into things that will obviously bring
much pain into our lives.

If you drink alcohol to excess it is going to cause you problems as the writer
of Proverbs says, “at the last it bites like a serpent, and
stings like a viper.” If you jump into the
pit of methamphetamine use, or cocaine use, or the abuse of any drug you are
going to be bitten. If you jump into the pit of having an affair you can expect
to be bitten. If you jump into the pit of felonious behavior, whether robbing
banks or writing bad checks, you can expect to be bitten.

You can spare yourself a whole lot of pain in life by just refusing to take the
jump. Don’t jump into the polar bear pit! Don’t jump into the alcohol pit!
Don’t jump into the extra-marital affair pit! Don’t jump into an illegal drug
use pit! Don’t jump into the law breaking pit! Don’t jump into the doing
anything to make money pit!

The Bible warns against many things, our laws prohibit many things, and our
parents tell us not to do other things. Why? Because there are things out there
in this world that are just as dangerous as a hungry polar bear. Before you
jump into the pit you might want to give it another thought, ask for some
advice, wait a few minutes or even better, pray about it. You don’t really
want to be lunch for a polar bear do you?

Copyright © 2009-2016. 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 12,000
subscribers across the world. (At one time there were 18,000 subscribers to the
email devotional. Email has become less important as many are using the social
platforms like facebook and twitter more frequently.)

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 healing for Michelle Abetz,
Shane Hall, Brad, Damon D. & wife, Reta (my sister – she is currently in
hospital very ill), Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), Lexi McCalip and Jeanie.

Please pray for God’s will to be
done in the upcoming election in the USA. 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. My prayer focus is
now that God will give me opportunities to preach. As the apostle Paul says, “…woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!”).

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
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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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