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A Simple Lesson Taught By A Skunk

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This was the first blog I ever wrote!  Originally published on November 17, 2009.

This is a picture my husband took a while ago.  He works in construction and found this poor guy wandering around the site one day.  We have laughed a lot because of this picture and my sweetheart always shows it to everyone.  It’s hard to believe it’s not a fake.  But I was thinking about this poor little skunk today and am hoping never to end up like him.  I’m sure that when he saw and smelled the yogurt he was looking for something sweet and satisfying.  How many of us can identify with that?  But I started to think that it’s the same with sin.  The Bible teaches that satan appears as an “angel of light”.  No one falls into sin because they want their freedom to be taken away.  They fall into sin because they want to preserve their freedom.  Therein lies the trap.  Because when you sin and continue in that sin, it becomes a way of life, or an addiction, and so you lose the freedom you once thought you were preserving.  The skunk was looking for something good but ended up being trapped and blinded by it.  Samuel says it was running into things left and right and when animal control came for it, it walked right into the cage.  Let’s not walk into any cages today.  
“Jesus replied, ‘I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.  Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever.  So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.’”
John 8:34-36

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Devotion Mama

Devotion Mama

Worshiper, Wife, Mom Christy is first a worshiper, second a wife, and third a mother. She was created for worship and relationship. A wife to Samuel and mother to three boys ages 4 and under. President and Co-founder of Mamas Write (mamaswrite.com), she loves blogging and social media, but much prefers to spend time with family and friends in person with a mocha anything in hand. She has dishes in her sink and Jesus in her heart. She is surrounded by dinosaurs, cars, diapers, and sweetness.

5 comments

  1. Lindsay says:

    August 26, 2011 at 7:33 am (UTC -6 )

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    LOVE IT! So true!

  2. Bethe77 says:

    August 26, 2011 at 9:02 am (UTC -6 )

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    What a wonderful insight through this little skunk and getting trapped. Thank you so much for sharing this. What a wonderful reminder that sin can become a way of life if we allow it to blind us.
    Blessings

  3. Marci says:

    August 26, 2011 at 12:02 pm (UTC -6 )

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    God teaches us lessons everywhere if we will only slow down to notice! Thanks for linking up

  4. Jedidja says:

    August 26, 2011 at 1:31 pm (UTC -6 )

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    I like your wise lesson, you write two years ago.

  5. Rainbow says:

    August 26, 2011 at 8:06 pm (UTC -6 )

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    I am now following you and love this post thank you for sharing. Isn't it amazing how God teaches that sin is everywhere.

    Blessings
    Rainbow

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