Beware of "Devil Dog!"

Yesterday I was struck by an article in the paper that detailed an incident involving a 65 year old woman charged with felony cruelty to animals. It seems that her nephew's pit bull chewed on her Bible. So to keep, in her words, this "devil dog" from harming neighborhood children, she killed it and threw its body under a pile of leaves.

When I read this story, it struck me how people think in such bizarre ways. I mean, too bad the dog didn't chew on this woman's purse or favorite sweater - it might still be alive today! But because it chewed on a copy of the Bible ... it must, therefore be a "devil dog!"

Friends, there is only one antidote to this poison of wrongheadedness. It is to allow God's Word to "renew our minds" (see Romans 12:2). Only as we see this world through the lens of Scripture (and thus see the world through the eyes of the One who is the Truth (see John 14:6) - only then will we avoid such goofy reasonings as we interact with the world around us!

Thanks for stopping by . . . .

pj