I've been thinking about human nature and our irresistible attraction to danger and death beginning with the "fall" of mankind.
God knew it was going to happen; did you ever read closely His command to Adam? He said "WHEN you eat from the tree...you will surely die," not even, "If, I mean, when, you eat from the tree ...." And then there's Eve! Talk about the first legalist, adding her own stipulations on to God's command! God told them not to "eat" of the fruit of the tree but she told the Serpent they were not only to not eat it, but DON'T EVEN TOUCH IT! Then, finally, Adam, the poster child for today's standard of accountability: "That woman YOU GAVE ME told me to eat it!" You don't have to look any further than the first humans on Earth to understand our whole population.
I've been thinking about human nature and our irresistible attraction to danger and death beginning with the "fall" of mankind.
God knew it was going to happen; did you ever read closely His command to Adam? He said "WHEN you eat from the tree...you will surely die," not even, "If, I mean, when, you eat from the tree ...." And then there's Eve! Talk about the first legalist, adding her own stipulations on to God's command! God told them not to "eat" of the fruit of the tree but she told the Serpent they were not only to not eat it, but DON'T EVEN TOUCH IT! Then, finally, Adam, the poster child for today's standard of accountability: "That woman YOU GAVE ME told me to eat it!" You don't have to look any further than the first humans on Earth to understand our whole population.
Chris is absolutely fascinated with Halloween and "creepy things," despite his recognition that it's not a "godly" holiday. Tuesday while Chris and Chuck were at Taco Bell sharing dinner and shooting the breeze, they discovered that in the very same strip-mall was a new store: The Halloween Superstore.
Well, Chris, drawn to the orange and black signs like a moth to a head-light, begs and BEGS to go in and have a look. Chuck decided to check it out since Chris was so interested. The store was full of images and likenesses of all things dead and creepy and, as Chuck suspected would probably happen, Chris did not last long before he wanted OUT.
We thought that would be the end of it, but it was all he talked about the next day. "I want to go back and show Alex." "Mom, can we go to that Halloween store, just to show Alex?" "Mom, I think Alex should see this place, it's creepy - but not scary if we all go together."
So I took him back, just to show Alex. We made it to the front door; Chris took one look inside and chickened out.
"Chris, I thought you weren't afraid of the Halloween store if we're all together," I reminded him.
"Oh, I'm not afraid of the store; I'm afraid of what's inSIDE the store!"
Well boys, window shopping is more of a "ghoulish" pastime, anyway.
Yuk, yuk, yuk!