So many religious leaders want you to know what lessons the Bible teaches and each has their own ideas of what that lesson is. The problem comes when their idea of that lesson conflicts with my idea then as Satan would have it, the arguments begin. We send more time trying to convince another that we are right than we do investigating our own ideas and thoughts to see if they are right. It soon becomes unimportant if we are truly right as long as we are willing to act like we are and not allow anyone else to sway us from believing it. We spend the majority of everyday looking at the decisions of another person comparing them to decisions that we may have done differently and then attempting to prove that point. At no time publically, do we consider that we may be wrong or that there is truly no right or wrong answers. At no time do we consider that what you believe is your right to believe and even though we may not agree with it, we can at least make a valid attempt to respect it. No it’s all about us 24/7 and we can be and shall never be proven wrong. If we are ever exposed to a truth different from our own, we have this fail-safe mechanism that allows us to either ignore that information or destroy the messenger. The Old Testament is full of stories of how those in power refused to relinquish it and went far and beyond the call to destroy the messenger. They succeeded in removing many of these messengers from site but they will never completely destroy the message. We still live this way now and in our quest to find that elusive lesson that the Bible teaches we come upon many different interpretations but it still doesn’t feel right. In my humble opinion there is but one solid lesson that the Bible is attempting to teach all of us and that lesson is to obtain, concentrate and maintain valor.
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