Once upon a dog…
Frazier was my dog when I was a kid growing up, and he was an eating machine. We didn’t need to buy any Scooby snacks. Frazier would eat just about anything: ice cubes, lettuce, peanut butter, trash, road kill, and yes, even his own vomit. ‘Hey, why trot to the dog dish when there’s something steamy right there in front of you? Mmmmm good.’
Pretty disgusting I know…and you & I would never eat our own vomit, right? So why are we talking about it? Well, because it’s one of the best slams against the foolish in the whole Bible….check it out:
As a dog returns to its vomit,
So a fool repeats his folly. (Proverbs 26:11)
This proverb sounds pretty funny, but there’s also something about it that should make us all feel a little uneasy too. You see, when we think about it, aren’t there some things you’ve done that you’re not proud of, or mistakes that you have repeated over and over again? For instance:
- Maybe you’re over your head in credit card debt and can’t seem to stop.
- Or have you stepped into some relationship vomit…going on your third marriage or hopping from bed to bed but feeling empty inside?
- Or, maybe you’re a weekend warrior, getting high or hugging the porcelain throne, telling yourself, ‘Don’t worry; I can quit at any time…it’s no biggie.’
“I can quit any time,” I’ve heard that one a lot over the years because before becoming a pastor, I was the Deputy Director of Human Resources for one of NASA’s Space Centers. About every year, an employee would pop-up who had a drinking or drug problem. Sadly, some couldn’t break their addiction…they never faced the facts or never really tried to get help—they just kept returning to their mistakes again and again–eating their vomit–until they were finally fired. It was a hard row for everyone involved and nobody was a winner–the supervisor, the co-workers, and especially the employee and his or her family.
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