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Photo by  Iñaki del Olmo  on  Unsplash Bad Laws and Good Laws What is the difference between a good law and a bad law?   No, this is not the setup for a joke.  A bad law oppresses people.  Bad laws put unnecessary burdens on people.  Bad laws prey upon widows, orphans, and the poor.  Good laws, by contrast, help those who bad laws hurt.  That is the difference according to Isaiah's prophetic word.  Isaiah 10:1-4 Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless. What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your riches? Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives or fall among the slain. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.   To share from YouTu...

Do You Have Eyes in Your Head? Then, you are wise. “The wise have eyes in their head, but fools walk in darkness.” What is the principal difference between wise people and foolish people? It is perception. Of course, once something is perceived, it must be processed, but the processing functions are often crippled by lack of critical and attentive. perceiving. “Eyes in our head” indicates that we are paying attention. We are receiving information. We are seeing. listening, and noticing. We are asking questions and hearing answers. We are looking around, looking up, and looking within. We are double-checking. We are open. We are reasonable. We are sensitive. Fools walk in darkness, but God gives light. Walk in the light as Christ is in the light. Ecclesiastes 2:1–17 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition I said to myself, “Come now, I will make a test of pleasure; enjoy yourself.” But again, this also was vanity. I said of laughter, “It is mad,” and of p...