In Hot Water
If I take a wrong step in Yellowstone National Park’s geyser basins, I end up in hot water. Other people have done that and did not live to talk about it.
I have been in hot water a few times in my life. I did not like it and don’t want to do it again.
If I am in hot water, I am in trouble.
I have done something wrong. My actions:
- Make someone angry
- Result in my punishment
- Cause shame for me or those close to me
- Put me in the doghouse
I would like to say I have never been in hot water.
However, I can’t.
- Sometimes, I make mistakes I don’t mean to make.
- Other times I make mistakes because I want my way instead of the right way.
I may end up in hot water if the rules are wrong.
If someone in authority says to do something morally wrong, I must choose.
- Will I do what the person in authority says?
- Or will I make the right choice and end up in hot water?
I hope I always make the right choice and follow the straight and narrow.
In every situation, I live with the results of the choice I make. I reap what I sow.
“The Lord shows his faithful followers the way they should live” (Psalm 25:12 NET).
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