+DEV+ Unequally Yoked

Date: February 1, 2019 at 2:00 AM

Topic: +DEV+  Unequally Yoked

Unequally Yoked

"Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?"  2 Corinthians 6:14

Scripture Focus: 2 Corinthians 6

Or, you may ask, how can oil and water mix? They can't. They're incompatible. That's what the joining together in marriage of believers and unbelievers is like. Envision it in Old Testament terms with the cautionary words of Deuteronomy 22:10: "Do not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together." The two beasts would pull in opposite ways and never till a straight row. Or read Eugene Peterson's paraphrase of the unequally-yoked passage: "Don't become partners with those who reject God. How can you make a partnership out of right and wrong? That's not a partnership; that's war. Is light best friends with dark? Does Christ go strolling with the Devil?" If your marriage or one you know of is unequally yoked, the strife that follows is familiar. Though there are accounts of unbelieving spouses coming to the Lord, Paul speaks at great length about marriage in 2 Corinthians 7 and questions how one could really know if he or she would be able to save his or her spouse (vs. 16). God sets us apart for our own protection and joy. Follow His loving direction for you.

Insight: In Jesus and in light of His forgiveness, there is hope for any marriage. But the best marriages are those founded on Christ from the beginning.

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Michael D. Inman

A POEM WORTH READING

A POEM WORTH  READING

He was getting old and paunchy
And his hair was falling fast,
And he sat around the Legion,
Telling stories of the past.

Of a war that he once fought in
And the deeds that he had done,
In his exploits with his buddies;
They were heroes, every one.

And 'tho sometimes to his neighbors
His tales became a joke,
All his buddies listened quietly
For they knew where of he spoke.

But we'll hear his tales no longer,
For ol' Joe has passed away,
And the world's a little poorer
For a Veteran died today.

He won't be mourned by many,
Just his children and his wife.
For he lived an ordinary,
Very quiet sort of life.

He held a job and raised a family,
Going quietly on his way;
And the world won't note his passing,
'Tho a Veteran died today.

When politicians leave this earth,
Their bodies lie in state,
While thousands note their passing,
And proclaim that they were great.

Papers tell of their life stories
From the time that they were young,
But the passing of a Veteran
Goes unnoticed, and unsung.
Is the greatest contribution
To the welfare of our land,
Some jerk who breaks his promise
And cons his fellow man?

Or the ordinary fellow
Who in times of war and strife,
Goes off to serve his country
And offers up his life?

The politician's stipend
And the style in which he lives,
Are often disproportionate,
To the service that he gives.

While the ordinary Veteran,
Who offered up his all,
Is paid off with a medal
And perhaps a pension, small.

It is not the politicians
With their compromise and ploys,
Who won for us the freedom
That our country now enjoys

Should you find yourself in danger,
With your enemies at hand,
Would you really want some cop-out,
With his ever-waffling stand?

Or would you want a Veteran
His home, his country, his kin,
Just a common Veteran,
Who would fight until the end.

He was just a common Veteran,
And his ranks are growing thin,
But his presence should remind us
We may need his likes again.
For when countries are in conflict,
We find the Veteran's part,
Is to clean up all the troubles
That the politicians start.
If we cannot do him honor
While he's here to hear the praise,
Then at least let's give him homage
At the ending of his days.
Perhaps just a simple headline
In the paper that might say:
"OUR COUNTRY IS IN MOURNING,
A VETERAN DIED TODAY."

PLEASE pass On The Patriotism! YOU can make a difference.  If you are proud of our Vets, then send this to them.  You'll be glad you did.
Then send it to ALL your friends.

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