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| The sun has a boundary in the sky. |
A friend of mine was having trouble with her neighbors on both sides of her property. At issue was a disputed survey and the markers of the property boundaries. A survey done many years ago was supposedly wrong according to a new survey. The neighbors wanted a fence moved to accommodate the new survey and they asked the town inspector to help. The town eventually forced my friend to give up the rights to what she had been using as her property for many years.
I was there on the day that a bulldozer came to move a shed back from the new property line. The neighbors acted as if it was a celebration. They stood by the fence with a camera and beverages in a gleeful and celebratory mood. The bulldozer got stuck in the mud which caused a greater happiness for the neighbors. It was a taunting kind of happiness that made me feel shame in watching it. Eventually the shed was moved and the neighbors went back into their home. I was amazed that people could be so nasty over a boundary dispute. Somebody either made a mistake or moved the boundary marker. It was not a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
Today's Wise Saying is taken from Proverbs 22:28
Proverbs 22:28
New International Version (NIV)
Saying 5
28 Do not move an ancient boundary stone
set up by your ancestors.
set up by your ancestors.
Proverbs 22:28
The Message (MSG)
28 Don’t stealthily move back the boundary lines
staked out long ago by your ancestors.
staked out long ago by your ancestors.
Proverbs 22:28
Amplified Bible (AMP)
28 Remove not the ancient landmark which your fathers have set up.
Proverbs 22:28
King James Version (KJV)
28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
It seems pretty cut and dry doesn't it? A boundary marker defines what you own and you have no right to covet what what you neighbor has. How about a baby in a womb? Well, now there's a highly charged question. The boundary for a child in a prenatal state is the womb of the child's mother. There is a safe boundary that keeps the child in a place of nurturing until the baby can live outside the boundary of the womb. An abortion moves the boundaries of the baby into destruction. The womb boundaries are moved causing the death of a child.
A boundary of self respect can be moved by someone who desires love. Almost delirious with wanton desire, a love sick soul will set aside personal boundaries out of loneliness within those boundaries. Marital infidelity is a broken boundary. The Ten Commandments are God's boundaries for our lives. If we break His laws, we are moving boundaries aside to commit sin. That's a good ending for this chapter.
What boundaries have you broken? Who so you see moving boundaries? How can you teach children about staying true to the boundaries of God?
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| Some boundary movers are imprisoned with new boundaries. |
It seems pretty cut and dry doesn't it? A boundary marker defines what you own and you have no right to covet what what you neighbor has. How about a baby in a womb? Well, now there's a highly charged question. The boundary for a child in a prenatal state is the womb of the child's mother. There is a safe boundary that keeps the child in a place of nurturing until the baby can live outside the boundary of the womb. An abortion moves the boundaries of the baby into destruction. The womb boundaries are moved causing the death of a child.
A boundary of self respect can be moved by someone who desires love. Almost delirious with wanton desire, a love sick soul will set aside personal boundaries out of loneliness within those boundaries. Marital infidelity is a broken boundary. The Ten Commandments are God's boundaries for our lives. If we break His laws, we are moving boundaries aside to commit sin. That's a good ending for this chapter.
What boundaries have you broken? Who so you see moving boundaries? How can you teach children about staying true to the boundaries of God?
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