March 11, 2020

Rejecting Advice


Because of the Coronavirus the store shelves in my community are empty of toilet paper and antibacterial cleaning items. Even though the government advised people to get prepared, some folks on social media are saying that stocking-up is ridiculous and they label those trying to prepare as idiots and stupid. In the midst of all the name-calling I had to laugh when one woman posted she was almost out of TP and would have to order it on Amazon…which will take 15 days. I’m reminded of King Rehoboam who consulted the elders who has served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “But Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him. He asked them, “What is your advice? How should we answer these people who say to me, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’” (1 Kings 12:8-9 NIV)?


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