Boundaries
There are baby squirrels living in our gnarly old pear tree out front. We can watch them from the front window cavort and play. They seem to be content to stay in the safety of the tree’s branches. I have yet to see them on the ground. I’m sure they will venture out in the right time, but for now they are content with the boundaries God has given them. It seems to me during these turbulent times we could use some boundaries. Current events remind me of this passage: Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. The Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart (Genesis 6:5-6). Or this one: In those days, there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes (Judges 17:6). Or maybe this one: And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do things which are n