DAY 171 Read 2 Chronicles 24; 2 Kings 13 and 14.
Today's reading: The succession of evil deeds continues generation after generation, king after king, with only an occasional break in the deadly pattern.
Memory gem: "Yet he [God] sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the Lord; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear" (2 Chronicles 24:19).
Thought for today:
Some time ago, one of the strangest tragedies in the record of wildlife occurred at Niagara Falls. The wild geese were migrating southward for the winter. Great flocks of them, wearied by the long journey from the north, settled down to rest on the quiet waters of the Niagara River above the falls. At first slowly, then faster, the careless birds were carried toward the brink of the thundering falls. On The very edge of the plunge, each bird trumpeted wildly and, by a supreme effort of wings, lifted itself from the clutching waters; then, wheeling in triumph over the chasm, returned upstream to repeat the performance. Like boys taking turns on a slippery slide, these birds by the hundreds kept up their dangerous sport.
Fog settled down and night came on. Many of the players began to show signs of weariness, but they did not stop. Game wardens tried to frighten the birds away, but a strange fascination seemed to hold them. All night the swish of wings and the trumpeting of triumph or despair continued.
The next morning the lower parts of Niagara River were strewn with the white bodies of those birds that, in the darkness, had misjudged the precipice or were too tired to lift themselves from the plunging waters. And, strange to say, this experience is repeated every year. In varying numbers, the southbound flocks take up this fight with the falls.
They are only geese; but how like them is our race! One generation after another repeats the dangerous game of sin and crime and war, and plunges on over the falls.
The best way to break away from the deadly cycle of sin is to give your heart to Christ, your Saviour, and consecrate your energies and life to Him and bear your witness wherever you are.
Today's reading: The succession of evil deeds continues generation after generation, king after king, with only an occasional break in the deadly pattern.
Memory gem: "Yet he [God] sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the Lord; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear" (2 Chronicles 24:19).
Thought for today:
Some time ago, one of the strangest tragedies in the record of wildlife occurred at Niagara Falls. The wild geese were migrating southward for the winter. Great flocks of them, wearied by the long journey from the north, settled down to rest on the quiet waters of the Niagara River above the falls. At first slowly, then faster, the careless birds were carried toward the brink of the thundering falls. On The very edge of the plunge, each bird trumpeted wildly and, by a supreme effort of wings, lifted itself from the clutching waters; then, wheeling in triumph over the chasm, returned upstream to repeat the performance. Like boys taking turns on a slippery slide, these birds by the hundreds kept up their dangerous sport.
Fog settled down and night came on. Many of the players began to show signs of weariness, but they did not stop. Game wardens tried to frighten the birds away, but a strange fascination seemed to hold them. All night the swish of wings and the trumpeting of triumph or despair continued.
The next morning the lower parts of Niagara River were strewn with the white bodies of those birds that, in the darkness, had misjudged the precipice or were too tired to lift themselves from the plunging waters. And, strange to say, this experience is repeated every year. In varying numbers, the southbound flocks take up this fight with the falls.
They are only geese; but how like them is our race! One generation after another repeats the dangerous game of sin and crime and war, and plunges on over the falls.
The best way to break away from the deadly cycle of sin is to give your heart to Christ, your Saviour, and consecrate your energies and life to Him and bear your witness wherever you are.
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