This is a great title to a book, I will likely never write. I thought about Dickens as I wrote it. And how similary, I would like to present an idea of how we are tripped up or maybe lured would be a better word, either way, it is an old school way of beguiling someone by making them think it is a fair trade when it isn't.
Ok I was going to write briefly here about how so many people are sellouts or maybe I should say beguiled and do not know it. Because they know nothing of what they could have they only seek temporary rewards that seem permanent.
Many go so far as to say, there is no God or afterlife or reward, and trust only in what they can know now and so they seek what they can get now.
I have heard stories of a study that was done with children offering them a huge reward now, or a bigger one later, and when left alone they almost always cannot resist and seccumb to eating their "sure thing" treat because it is irresistable and the future is unknown.
Have you ever wondered why God wants us to call him our father if we had no begining? I think it has to do with the similarities of situation whereby we can learn lessons we will need. Sort of what I told a dental assistant once, how I felt like what I was going to say should be televised on a program called "thing we say in a dental chair" or more ominous "confessions from the dental chair". I only told her that she would learn so much from her children when she had them. I was not aware that she was currently expecting. I just think there are monumental lesson to learn from understanding how our role as parents is similar to Heavenly Father's concerning us as his children. I felt so indebted for everything that was done to help me. I thought reminding her of the sacred blessing that not just babies are, but children. I think that is why we call him father because he is our greatest role model, and what father isn't?
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