Today I received a Daily Devotional in the email. The following is an excerpt taken from that devotion.
Popular speaker Florence Littauer tells of being in a conference in Iowa in which an elderly and sprightly preacher had asked the women in the church to bring their vases. Selecting ten of them, he displayed them on a table on the platform, saying they represented the Ten Commandments. In his sermon, when he got to the first commandment and began preaching about the sin of violating it, he drew a huge mallet from behind the pulpit and suddenly smashed the first vase with all his might. Everyone screamed in surprise. He proceeded to do the same with the remaining nine vases. The women were tremendously upset at the loss of their vases, but no one ever forgot the breaking of the Ten Commandments. It's strange that we're so unaffected now by our society's disregard for the Ten Commandments. It doesn't shock us anymore to hear God's Name taken in vain or to hear a report that someone has cheated on his or her spouse. But we should be shocked, and we should be so aware of God's holiness that we ourselves will walk in daily obedience and faithfulness. Let's look to God in His commandments, listen to what He has to say, and try not to break the vases!
Author: Florence Littauer
When was the last time you got upset or was a offended when you or someone else broke the Ten Commandments?
How do you respond when someone takes the Lord's Name in vain? Do you walk away from conversation that does not glorify God? Its strikes me weird how we can get upset over something, for example the moving of our favorite TV show to a different hour or another channel. But when a God-conscious is removed from our society, we say it better for everybody. After all we don't want to offend our neighbor. What has happen to your God conscious? The next time you break His commandments, stop and repent there on the spot. And stand up for what's right when it comes to society, because if you don't, then everyone around you will think its okay, you really don't have to do that "whole God thing any more."
I am the audience here and I wanted to share, if you can use it please feel free.
Carl
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