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Foot-shaped mouth
'... be ... gentle, showing ... consideration for all.' Titus 3:1-2
Annoying isn't it. When your Dad begins that over practiced speech with the immortal words, 'Why, when I was your age...' accompanied by an over-exaggerated list of how tough things were back in the day.
'When I was your age we didn't have Playstations. We made our own fun. A length of string and a yard of lead piping and we we're happy.' Yes, Dad. 'We didn't have Sunny Delight or Pepsi or anything. You held your tongue out whilst it were raining and you were grateful for the drink.' Yes, Dad. 'Kids today, you don't know you're born.' There isn't an inch of room for how tough things might be for you today.
Well, maybe it's passed down in our genes or something, but sometimes we can be just like Dad. Example: your mate says to you, 'I'm really struggling with my coursework at the minute; I've just got too much on'. Now, your mate probably wants a word of reassurance, or a shoulder to cry on, or a bit of practical help. Instead, you choose to wade in with your Dad's size nines, and offer this piece of advice, '...
You think that's bad. You're lucky you don't do Geography, that's twice as much coursework as you. And I've got swimming after school. And all my IT to catch up on ...' STOP. This isn't a 'who's got the hardest life' competition. Other people's problems matter as much as yours. Today's verse says so.
written by Bob Gass
'... be ... gentle, showing ... consideration for all.' Titus 3:1-2
Annoying isn't it. When your Dad begins that over practiced speech with the immortal words, 'Why, when I was your age...' accompanied by an over-exaggerated list of how tough things were back in the day.
'When I was your age we didn't have Playstations. We made our own fun. A length of string and a yard of lead piping and we we're happy.' Yes, Dad. 'We didn't have Sunny Delight or Pepsi or anything. You held your tongue out whilst it were raining and you were grateful for the drink.' Yes, Dad. 'Kids today, you don't know you're born.' There isn't an inch of room for how tough things might be for you today.
Well, maybe it's passed down in our genes or something, but sometimes we can be just like Dad. Example: your mate says to you, 'I'm really struggling with my coursework at the minute; I've just got too much on'. Now, your mate probably wants a word of reassurance, or a shoulder to cry on, or a bit of practical help. Instead, you choose to wade in with your Dad's size nines, and offer this piece of advice, '...
You think that's bad. You're lucky you don't do Geography, that's twice as much coursework as you. And I've got swimming after school. And all my IT to catch up on ...' STOP. This isn't a 'who's got the hardest life' competition. Other people's problems matter as much as yours. Today's verse says so.
written by Bob Gass
