Cause and Effect

I got pooped on by a bird today.  I was sitting under a tree reading my Bible.  A bird was perched on a limb of that same tree, right above me.  The bird had to take care of his business, so he just let it fly---right on me.  Why was I pooped on today?  Because the Law of Gravity states: "You sit under a bird that needs to poop; you get pooped on".

Minutes before I got pooped on I read this:

The LORD has brought her grief because of her many sins. 
Lamentations 1:5b

The verse is talking about the city of Jerusalem.  The Lord summoned the Babylonians to destroy the inhabitants of Jerusalem because of their many sins.  The Law of God says: "the LORD disciplines those he loves" (Proverbs 3:12).  Discipline always involves pain and grief.  

So as surely as poop falls on a person who sits under a tree with a pooping bird in it, so grief and discipline will come upon those whose life is full of sins.  The Law of Cause and Effect rules.



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