A Thought for Today
by Bob Fisher
Booby Traps
We are all well aquatinted with the devastation sometimes caused
by "Booby traps". The secret of the booby trap's power is that it looks
so innocent. Then when we mess around with it, it blows up in our face.
A good friend during the war fell into this trap and spent months
in the hospital, because for just a moment he was off guard.
But there are other kinds of booby traps besides those which
can cause physical injury. You might know of someone, because of an indiscretion,
contracted a social decease and gave it to his unsuspecting spouse. This
is such a tragedy. Or because of an unkind word, friendships have been
severed forever.
Judas got himself into a Booby trap. For thirty pieces of silver
he sold the life of the greatest person who has ever lived upon this earth.
That little money was his folly. Our young people are constantly enticed
by drugs, including alcohol and tobacco, sex with out the benefit of marriage
and pilfering of someone’s good name or their goods. These may look enticing
but they are a trap which may take you down the road to failure.
My dear young friends, watch for the booby traps, don’t get caught
in their snares. That one off guard moment can give you a long time of
misery.
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