Come do some military short speak with me! Woo-hoo!!
Great! Let's set it up!
Thanks, Star, for more fun short speaks to learn.
GOOD Morning Everyone! Good morning to ALL of our AWESOME Military and our allies. THANK YOU. And, THANK YOU again!
Here we are back at Monday. Glad to see everyone this morning. Ah, you will excuse me for departing somewhat early as I see a number of factors that make me quite happy and I need to make my rounds:
One -- I am here before 100 posts,
Two --- I see a new face or two and need to make my welcome,
Three --- Tomkow is showing his butt at the Canteen and I need to send him to the corner so Ma will not be upset and take it out on the rest of us.
So, have fun and be sure to come back again and soon. You know the Canteen is :
Read: Romans 14:14-23
He who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin. —Romans 14:23
Bible In One Year: Ecclesiastes 4-6; 2 Corinthians 12
In his book Illustrations of Bible Truth, H. A. Ironside tells about a man who was getting ready to attend a banquet. He wanted to put on a white shirt he had worn on a previous occasion, so he was inspecting it carefully to see if it was too dirty. His wife noticed what he was doing and called out, "Remember, dear, if it's doubtful, don't." The issue was settled. The man threw the shirt into the laundry hamper.
That wife's advice reminds me of the principle in today's text. It's a principle that can be applied to questionable matters of conscience. If doubtful, don't.
The doubtful things the apostle Paul wrote about in Romans 14 had to do with meat and wine considered to be "unclean" by some but not by others (vv.14,21). He indicated that if we have doubts about whether an action is right or wrong and we do it anyway, our action is not from faith and is therefore a sin (v.23). He also pointed out that it is wrong to do anything by which a brother in Christ "stumbles or is offended or is made weak" (v.21). We must never give another Christian a reason to violate his or her conscience.
When faced with questionable practices and a troubled conscience, we would do well to make this our guideline: If it's doubtful, don't! —Richard De Haan
SNAFU: Situation NORMAL: ALL F***** UP
FUBAR: F***** UP Beyond All Recognition/Repair
O.B.E.: Overcome By Events
DDD: Drop DEAD Date (IOW "No Later Than")
EDRE: Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise
FTX: Field Training Exercise
TEWT: (Pronounced TOOT) Tactical Exercise Without Troops usually done on a sand table, inside or in the field using real radios but only maps.