The things that people do
I hope that most who have read my blogs know that I take the Bible very, very seriously. But you gotta admit, there are some pretty humorous things that the people in it, did and said. So I thought it would be good to laugh at our human tendencies, after seeing and hearing a lot of the same lately.
First would be Adam and Eve, hiding amongst the trees in the garden. Now, this is the God who made them out of dust and a rib, and made everything around him, brought all the animals to Adam to name, and he thinks a tree is gonna keep God from finding him?? Gen. 3:8
There is Balaam, and the donkey that talked to him, Exod. 22:28-30. I mean, really, if one was taking a stick to a donkey, and it started talking, you have to think one would stop to think this over for a minute, something is just not right here, about this.
Then there is Jonah, he decides he will just run away from God. Where he figured that would be??, well, it wound up nowhere. He gets into a boat, causes a big uproar, they threw him into the sea, and a great fish then threw him out of it, talk about not being wanted. He would probably be among the first to get mad because the people believed his message, and repented.
There is Absalom, he is out riding, letting his hair blow freely in the wind, and it blows right into a tree. Talk about having a really bad hair day! You gotta chuckle a little about some of the excuses these folks come up with. Adam says "This woman that YOU gave me". Aaron collects gold from the people, and then says, "I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf" Yep, a golden calf just came walking out of the fire, all by itself??, Gen. 32:4,24.
There is the children of Israel in the exodus. They have cried out to God because of the bitter toil and bondage in Egypt, and God delivers them. Yet, just a short time later they are, basically, calling the time in Egypt "the good ole days". They are fed the manna, yet later complain about the food, wanting meat to eat. Talk about some picky-eaters, they would probably have qualified.
Paul is preaching in Acts, and gets what we might call "long-winded", and preaches LONGGGG into the night. A young man falls asleep, and falls off the balconey. Talk about getting out of the wrong side of the bed, that would definitely be an example!
Now this is nothing considered humorous, more ironic. Nebuchadnezzar becomes too lifted up in pride, and does not recognize God, and give God honor and glory, so he is driven into the fields for seven years, eating grass, like an animal. A lot of the presidents and politicians we have here in the U.S, are known to have smoked some of it... ..
I hope this is not considered too dis-respectful to the politicians, and more importantly, the Bible. I don't see how any human could accuse God of being unfair, or unjust, or unloving. We have been shown so much mercy. God chose to redeem us through His only Son, Jesus Christ, and yet, the excuses and complaints are still coming. God Bless.
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Author: billyb
Location: Columbia Tennessee USA
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Age: 55
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