*Wine Bites*
"Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when is sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly! In the end it BITES like a snake and poison like a viper." Proverbs 23 31 - 32
This walk with Christ continually reminds me of the dangers of what alcohol can do to the mind. We are a part of such a BINGE society. Everything we do we tend to do way too much of. Just think... We eat too much, buy too much, drink too much and the list goes on. You know it's true....
I came from University of Iowa back in the day and it was rated the #1 party school. Not the #1 school of morals! We all gave each other high fives thinking it was awesome being the top party school but was it really that awesome?
Look at the world. So many terrible things that happen in the world are due to alcohol. Stealing, rape, murder, destroying ones health and tearing up families have all resulted in many cases from alcohol and drug abuse. So heres the thing... Yes, you are right Jesus turned water into wine but in the Hebrew language "Wine" actually means 'grape juice' so we do not know for certain that the Wine Jesus was referring to was fermented or not. Even if it was alcoholic wine (Unlikely) the wine back then was not near the alcohol % as todays wine is. Similar to the concept man back in Jesus day could live on Bread and water alone because the bread was that nutritious. Man nowadays could never live on bread and water alone because our food and drinks are not nearly as pure and free of toxins as they were made back in Jesus time.
The Challenge:
The sucky TRUTH is this...... Drinking can BITE you! Its a slippery slope where we never know exactly where God draws the line. I still struggle with this concept myself but God does fill me with the knowledge that in today's world it does more BAD than GOOD! Is drinking Helping or hurting your life? With God you know the answer. Dig deep and find your truth even if it irritates the HECK out of you...
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