Pastor's Corner

We need to be wise about what we start because it may be hard to stop. The little boys were playing "Texas Rangers" in the family car while parked on a slope. Accidentally placing the car in neutral, they ended up rolling backwards down the hill, crashing through a fence, and ending up in the hog pen, unhurt. Their little legs couldn't reach the brake pedal.

What they started took its course, frightfully taking them where they didn't want to go. Whether it is starting a fire, an argument, or gossip chain, it can take on a life of its own and cause damage we never considered. "Stopping a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out" Prov. 17:14.

Sinful actions develop a momentum that turns back on us: "Whoever digs a pit will fall into it; if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them" Prov. 26:27.

The same principle is involved in doing good. "Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be poured into your tap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you" Luke 6:38.