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Don't eat junk
'Your words were found, and I ate them ...' Jeremia 15:16
A woman bought a parrot and then returned him to the pet shop the next day. 'This bird doesn't talk,' she told the owner. 'Does he have a mirror?' asked the owner. 'Parrots love mirrors. They see themselves and start up a conversation.'
So the woman bought the mirror. Next day she returned. The bird still wasn't talking. 'How about a ladder? Parrots love walking up and down a ladder. A happy parrot is more likely to talk.' The woman bought a ladder.
The third day, she was back again and the bird still wasn't talking. 'Does your parrot have a swing? If not, that's the problem. He'll relax and talk up a storm.'
The woman reluctantly bought a swing and left. When she walked into the shop the next day, she wasn't impressed. 'The parrot died,' she said. The pet shop owner was shocked. 'I'm so sorry. Tell me, did he ever say a word?' he asked. 'Yes, right before he died' the woman replied. 'He said, 'Don't they sell any food at that pet shop?' Do you get it?
You can spend your whole life on mirrors, focussing on appearance; on ladders, focusing on being the best or the most popular; on swings, focusing on entertainment but starve to death spiritually.
Don't fill up your life with so much junk that you forget about the most important thing; God's Word. Fill yourself up with that every day, and you'll thrive spiritually.
written by Bob Gass
'Your words were found, and I ate them ...' Jeremia 15:16
A woman bought a parrot and then returned him to the pet shop the next day. 'This bird doesn't talk,' she told the owner. 'Does he have a mirror?' asked the owner. 'Parrots love mirrors. They see themselves and start up a conversation.'
So the woman bought the mirror. Next day she returned. The bird still wasn't talking. 'How about a ladder? Parrots love walking up and down a ladder. A happy parrot is more likely to talk.' The woman bought a ladder.
The third day, she was back again and the bird still wasn't talking. 'Does your parrot have a swing? If not, that's the problem. He'll relax and talk up a storm.'
The woman reluctantly bought a swing and left. When she walked into the shop the next day, she wasn't impressed. 'The parrot died,' she said. The pet shop owner was shocked. 'I'm so sorry. Tell me, did he ever say a word?' he asked. 'Yes, right before he died' the woman replied. 'He said, 'Don't they sell any food at that pet shop?' Do you get it?
You can spend your whole life on mirrors, focussing on appearance; on ladders, focusing on being the best or the most popular; on swings, focusing on entertainment but starve to death spiritually.
Don't fill up your life with so much junk that you forget about the most important thing; God's Word. Fill yourself up with that every day, and you'll thrive spiritually.
written by Bob Gass
