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January 14, 2007

Suggested Scripture Reading: Mark 15:3-5

Barking At The Moon

"Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:"
Ephesians 4:31

Of all the sins people commit there is none worse than the sin of gossip, whispering and slandering. When we are misrepresented and slandered, the natural reaction is to requite evil for evil in retaliation. Yet, the evidence of real Christlikeness is to be able to reward evil with good and go right on living our life for Christ. Peter says of Jesus that He "did not sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered he threatened not" (I Peter 2:22, 23). And He is our example, for Peter tells us we should follow in His steps.

A certain judge was constantly annoyed by the sneering remarks of a certain "wise cracking," and abusing attorney. Instead of cracking down on the lawyer and silencing him the judge would only smile and chew his pencil until people wondered at his patience. At a dinner someone asked him, "Judge, why don't you slap down that 'wise-guy' lawyer?" The judge laid down his knife and fork and resting his chin on his hands said, "Up in our town there lives a widow who has a dog which, whenever the moon shines, goes out and barks and barks all night at the moon." Then the judge quietly resumed eating. One of the company asked, "But judge, what about the dog and the moon?" And he replied, "Oh, well the moon just kept right on shining!" Oh, for grace today to keep on shining for Him amid all the barking dogs.

MRD

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