I attended a high school basketball game, near the Kentucky-Tennessee state line. One team was from Kentucky and the other from Tennessee. Well, don’t you know, they were about to jump center and start the game?
The Kentucky boy asked, “Ref, don’t you think we ought to play the national anthem?”
Ref responded, “What is it?”
The Kentucky boy answered, “I was at the Kentucky Derby, and they played “My Old Kentucky Home”. Everyone stood and shouted. That must be it.
The Tennessee boy said, “No, Ref. It is Rocky Top. I was at the Opry, last Saturday night, and (when they played that) everyone stood up and really applauded. That has to be it” The referee nodded, “You boys are both wrong. It is Tennessee Waltz. For, whenever they played it, everyone danced or sang the song.”
The principle, here, we all need to learn is that it is possible the Kentucky man was wrong, that the Tennessee man was wrong, or possible that all three men were wrong. Thus, it calls us to go back to the Books to find the truth of the matter, then investigate circumspectly before we make a conclusion of what the truth really is!
The best source for knowing truths, that apply to all areas of our lives, is God’s Word. Apply that principle and study to show thyself approved, by our Heavenly Father and Our Lord Jesus Christ. Thus, our lives will be in the will of God and receive all His Blessings … so we can live abundantly.
Vern Nicholson
Friend of Answers2Prayer, realvern@compuage.com © 2002 by (Howard) Vern Nicholson
Appearing Saturday, September 14, 2002