Tiny Devotional for Sunday, 06-06-2021

 A great good morning to all my friends and neighbors in Internet Land! And to family members who have dropped by, it’s Small Group Weekend!

Give no sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids;
Save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand,
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Proverbs 6:4-5, NASB


Yes, you can get hit by a meteorite. Don’t worry about it.

The risks discussed in this verse are not getting hit by a meteorite, or being struck by lightning.  It’s  promising to pay the debt of someone you don’t know; or know very slightly. But who would do something THAT goofy? 

Well, LOTS of people. A few months ago, the SEC put out a warning about increasing numbers of investment scam complaints. A lot of those were related to promises about some new wonder product/treatment/test for COVID-19;  others just made extravagant promises that exploited the fear, realistic or not, that many people felt.

So: don’t obligate yourself foolishly; and, if you have, then do what you have to do to get out of it.

HOWEVER: I don’t think the biggest risk for most people is losing money in an investment scam. Yes, that happens, but:
We are far more likely to get drawn into some political/social cause that appeals to our baser nature, and makes someone else the bad guy. 

THAT seems to be happening every day, and is far more lethal. It solves ZERO problems. It actually makes things worse, and there are plenty of people who are using the technique of demonizing someone else to gain power, money, influence for themselves. 
They are the people pointing fingers, making accusations, and calling people names.
Save yourself from them!


Peace be on your household.


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