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How do you tell a pig from a pearl?

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https://pin.it/41j24Zw Being raised in church has a lot of advantages. However there is a problem. There are some scriptures that I heard so many times and so many ways that those scriptures became “sayings”.  They sound good, even churchy, but they don’t mean anything. I don’t have televisions. 😱.  It’s not a religious or moral decision. I limit things that terrify me.  Have you read the news lately? Jesus come quickly. Anyway, this gives me more time to just think.   I’ve heard the saying “don’t cast your pearls before swine,” that became a “saying “. Yes it’s a scripture.  This thought never made sense to me.  What are pearls and who the heck are pigs and how do you recognize a pig ? I mean, we’re taking about people, right? The pearls part was always pretty obvious, until I thought about it.  But I missed something very important about oysters and even clams   Do you know how these crustaceans make pearls? Here's the process I read online:   "The formation of a natural pe

Build that Wall

    “Build that Wall”  is a call directed to those who are called by the name of The Lord, including me. Romans 5:20 " Moreover, the law entered that the offense might about. But 'where sin abounded', grace aboundeth much more."   Grace is our wall.  Sin is abounding in our Nation/World, yet there are many of us still here to stand against evil.  Throughout my lifetime I've heard various commentators state that we (the people of God) should remain silent and let the devil take over; that is a lie!  Here is the Word of the Lord: 12   k  Therefore He said: "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.   13   "So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten  1  minas,  2  and said to them, 'Do business till I come.' "  Luke 19:12-13.  We must be found doing the work of the Father, not preaching in pulpits or pointing out faults and drawing dividing lines. Laws are laws, morals are morals. Yo