Think of how many things that start with G need to be taught (learned?). There is so much to learn about "God", just as much to know about "good" or "goodness". What about "gratitude", "grace", "guilt", "gentleness", or "glory".
And there are things like "gambling" and "gossip". I have something to say about them. What is wrong with gambling? I know it's trying to get something for nothing, at least that's what we are told. But what's so wrong with that? Besides it isn't strictly true. The gambler does offer something, actually usually a lot more than he gets. And he certainly accepts risk. I guess one drawback to gambling is that it seems to be addictive and win or lose it leads to other undesirable things. The winner is proud, for absolutely no good reason. The worst sort of pride. The loser is distraught, for very good reason. The worst sort of grief. And the loser sometimes tries to cover his or her losses by stealing or other sad things. You read about that in the paper everyday. "Bookkeeper at Laundry Indicted for Fraud - Stole over $100,000 to try to make up for Vegas binges". But really the worst thing about gambling is that it steals your hope from where it belongs. People who buy lottery tickets or bet the horses or the football pools do it because they are hoping it will make them happy. They place their hope on that winning number to make this life less miserable. This robs them of the initiative to do the real things that bring happiness, like living the gospel with exactness and drawing nearer to God. Our hope should be in Jesus Christ, and Him crucified, not in Friday's 6-49 draw. Where your (hope for) treasure is, there will your heart be also. You can't serve God and the Lottery.... You get the idea. That's why I think gambling is a pernicious evil, it presents a destructive counterfeit method of finding relief from the troubles of this world. What else is wrong with gambling? I'll write about gossip another time. Maybe later today. And gladness, grudges, guile, gospel, gifts, genealogy, guidance and gross. Nice to be back. Natasha kicked me off Zion on her own back near the end of that brouhaha with George and I could never find the list again. My version of Topica didn't even show Zion as a place. When Natasha banishes you she does it right. I did find George again but lost Jim. Jim stayed right here, right? Think about gird, gathering, and gulf. Ah yes, G is where it's at. There's so much to talk about, and we haven't even considered the words that begin with "eh". Tom ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^----------------------------------------------------------------
