Proverbs 11:1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.
Oh Friends, it’s a beautiful morning, so let’s be up and at them, pursuing the Lord’s objectives! (smile) You know that saying that beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder? Well it’s true, but let me share with you Ralph Waldo Emerson’s version. ‘Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.’ And you can’t disagree, for though our world accentuates outward beauty, and outward beauty varies in different societies, unless we have that inner glow, that sense of appreciation, nothing in the world will ever seem beautiful to us. We all know someone who’s so Scrooge-like when it comes to beauty; nothing at all appears beautiful to them, and that’s because their inner being is dark and downright ugly, so everything seems the same way in their sight. But when we have that inner appreciation, that inner sense of worth and value, for ourselves, for others and for the many beautiful things in our world, then that sense of awe and wonder will permeate all our doings and bring us a deeper sense of fulfillment and contentment, which will also draw others to us, to share their visions of beauty. Hn, hn! I hope this all makes sense, but I saw the quote and realized it had everything to do with our walk of faith: if we don’t have what our Christian faith teaches inside of us, then we’ll walk the world searching in vain for peace, LOVE, joy and all the other good things our faith should bring us. And being deceptive certainly isn’t one of them, especially not in weights and measures, today’s topic. Now wise Sol claims that ‘A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.’ That simply means the Lord thoroughly dislikes deceptive practices and/or dishonesty when it comes to weights and measures. He wants it to be a perfect pound or whatever the seller claims. And we all expect to get the right weight claimed in our purchases, but I was pleasantly surprised by how much the Lord stressed that point to His people from the very beginning. In the laws of Holiness and Justice, He says: ‘Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgement, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, (20.8 quarts) and a just hin, (1 gallon) shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt. Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgements, and do them: I am the Lord.’ (Lev.19:35-37) Yes my Friends, the Lord wasn’t talking just for talk sake. He fully expected them to give just weights and measures, to have well balanced scales and measuring apparatus. And if He’s a God of justice, then that shouldn’t surprise us. But how often is that followed in our society today eh? As little as our merchants can get away with. Hence the term ‘Buyer Beware!’ That’s because nowadays we no longer know what we’re really buying; too often it’s a pig in a poke. There are very few scales in the modern supermarket, so you can’t even check the weights of the products if you so desire. We have to take the manufacture’s word for it. Hn! And in the few cases where there are scales, they aren’t properly maintained, so they’re most likely unbalanced, so you’ll still get stiffed. But why should a buyer have to be so careful, to read even down to the last line of fine print, which usually needs a magnifying glass to read it properly? Because our sellers, deep down have that sense of greed, of getting all they can, of milking every situation to the last drop. Nobody sets an honest price for anything now. They also try to shirk as much responsibility as they can, by making shoddy goods that don’t live up to their claims, then blame the buyer for improper handling of what is really an inferior product. And sadly mih people, those two principles; milking it for all it’s worth, and shirking responsibility, now permeate our entire world. That certainly wasn’t our Lord’s intention when He reiterated in the laws of Human Relations: ‘Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers (differing) weights, a great and a small. Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have; that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God.’ (Deut.25:13-15) Oh my people, how much clearer can He put it eh? Unfortunately though the majority of the world doesn’t follow it. Instead, they attest to Lucifer’s credo; ‘get as much as you can for as little as possible.’ That’s the basic motto of the capitalist system that’s ruling the world and taking it to hell in a hand basket. So we really can’t expect anything but dishonest people and policies pushing inferior products falsely rated as superior. And with the Advertising Sector there to bloat up and glorify worthless things, most of us don’t stand a chance of knowing what is really what. As an e-mail I received tonight claims, dried bugs and beetles are being used in many of our food products to add colour to them. But what’s the colouring additive called? Carmine or some such fanciful name that will not caused raised eyebrows. And the government departments overseeing our food production know about it, but sadly haven’t made the manufacturers say exactly from what these products are derived. More corruption in high places! And then we wonder why cancer and all the other modern illnesses are so rampant in such a highly developed technological and medical world. We can perform all sorts of medical miracles, except cure cancer. But how can we when we put all sorts of abnormal, improperly tested things in the food we eat and the air we breathe, and then in the medicines that we use to treat the illnesses, which in the first place are derived from the poorly tested, more than likely carcinogen related stuff. The only important thing these days Friends is the bottom line; as much profit as quickly as possible, and to hell with the consequences. All I can say my people is to beware, be careful of what we buy, eat or drink. Don’t get paranoid, but pay close attention to all your purchases. We can’t get away from it all, but hopefully we’ll bypass some. And please remember that ‘Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.’ (Prov.20:10) Much LOVE my people!…a dishonest world…bears paying close attention to…
Oh Friends, it’s a beautiful morning, so let’s be up and at them, pursuing the Lord’s objectives! (smile) You know that saying that beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder? Well it’s true, but let me share with you Ralph Waldo Emerson’s version. ‘Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.’ And you can’t disagree, for though our world accentuates outward beauty, and outward beauty varies in different societies, unless we have that inner glow, that sense of appreciation, nothing in the world will ever seem beautiful to us. We all know someone who’s so Scrooge-like when it comes to beauty; nothing at all appears beautiful to them, and that’s because their inner being is dark and downright ugly, so everything seems the same way in their sight. But when we have that inner appreciation, that inner sense of worth and value, for ourselves, for others and for the many beautiful things in our world, then that sense of awe and wonder will permeate all our doings and bring us a deeper sense of fulfillment and contentment, which will also draw others to us, to share their visions of beauty. Hn, hn! I hope this all makes sense, but I saw the quote and realized it had everything to do with our walk of faith: if we don’t have what our Christian faith teaches inside of us, then we’ll walk the world searching in vain for peace, LOVE, joy and all the other good things our faith should bring us. And being deceptive certainly isn’t one of them, especially not in weights and measures, today’s topic. Now wise Sol claims that ‘A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.’ That simply means the Lord thoroughly dislikes deceptive practices and/or dishonesty when it comes to weights and measures. He wants it to be a perfect pound or whatever the seller claims. And we all expect to get the right weight claimed in our purchases, but I was pleasantly surprised by how much the Lord stressed that point to His people from the very beginning. In the laws of Holiness and Justice, He says: ‘Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgement, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, (20.8 quarts) and a just hin, (1 gallon) shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt. Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgements, and do them: I am the Lord.’ (Lev.19:35-37) Yes my Friends, the Lord wasn’t talking just for talk sake. He fully expected them to give just weights and measures, to have well balanced scales and measuring apparatus. And if He’s a God of justice, then that shouldn’t surprise us. But how often is that followed in our society today eh? As little as our merchants can get away with. Hence the term ‘Buyer Beware!’ That’s because nowadays we no longer know what we’re really buying; too often it’s a pig in a poke. There are very few scales in the modern supermarket, so you can’t even check the weights of the products if you so desire. We have to take the manufacture’s word for it. Hn! And in the few cases where there are scales, they aren’t properly maintained, so they’re most likely unbalanced, so you’ll still get stiffed. But why should a buyer have to be so careful, to read even down to the last line of fine print, which usually needs a magnifying glass to read it properly? Because our sellers, deep down have that sense of greed, of getting all they can, of milking every situation to the last drop. Nobody sets an honest price for anything now. They also try to shirk as much responsibility as they can, by making shoddy goods that don’t live up to their claims, then blame the buyer for improper handling of what is really an inferior product. And sadly mih people, those two principles; milking it for all it’s worth, and shirking responsibility, now permeate our entire world. That certainly wasn’t our Lord’s intention when He reiterated in the laws of Human Relations: ‘Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers (differing) weights, a great and a small. Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have; that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God.’ (Deut.25:13-15) Oh my people, how much clearer can He put it eh? Unfortunately though the majority of the world doesn’t follow it. Instead, they attest to Lucifer’s credo; ‘get as much as you can for as little as possible.’ That’s the basic motto of the capitalist system that’s ruling the world and taking it to hell in a hand basket. So we really can’t expect anything but dishonest people and policies pushing inferior products falsely rated as superior. And with the Advertising Sector there to bloat up and glorify worthless things, most of us don’t stand a chance of knowing what is really what. As an e-mail I received tonight claims, dried bugs and beetles are being used in many of our food products to add colour to them. But what’s the colouring additive called? Carmine or some such fanciful name that will not caused raised eyebrows. And the government departments overseeing our food production know about it, but sadly haven’t made the manufacturers say exactly from what these products are derived. More corruption in high places! And then we wonder why cancer and all the other modern illnesses are so rampant in such a highly developed technological and medical world. We can perform all sorts of medical miracles, except cure cancer. But how can we when we put all sorts of abnormal, improperly tested things in the food we eat and the air we breathe, and then in the medicines that we use to treat the illnesses, which in the first place are derived from the poorly tested, more than likely carcinogen related stuff. The only important thing these days Friends is the bottom line; as much profit as quickly as possible, and to hell with the consequences. All I can say my people is to beware, be careful of what we buy, eat or drink. Don’t get paranoid, but pay close attention to all your purchases. We can’t get away from it all, but hopefully we’ll bypass some. And please remember that ‘Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.’ (Prov.20:10) Much LOVE my people!…a dishonest world…bears paying close attention to…
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