Ironworks

          Experiences and knowledge are the things that shape your outlook on life. It’s one thing to know something, but it is another thing to experience it. Take parenting for example. Have you ever met the single person who knows how to rear children better than someone who actually has children? Sure you have. There is a difference between theoretically knowing something and actually doing it. Going through experiences helps our knowledge of various circumstances, which is really called wisdom.           Continuing with the thought from previous weeks, after our wreck our perspectives changed. Most of our knowledge had not changed, but we had a new way to look at things. Let me share with you  a few lessons we have learned. Hold Tight to the Ones You Love           You never know when the last moment will be that you get to spend time with the ones you love. We are not promised a tomorrow...

  In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah . 1 Kings 16:8-9 Remember Baasha? The Word of the Lord came to the prophet Jehu son of Hanani who declared, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat (1 Kings 16:3). God’s prophecy would come true. It is not surprising though that Elah was not doing himself any favors with his choice in entertainment. He was not a righteous king by any means but consider the opportunity that Elah gave for Zimri. Elah was said to be drinking himself drunk. What could go wrong? When one partakes in alcohol, he opens himself up to all sorts of folly. Proverbs 23:20-21 reads , Be not among winebibbers; among...