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 It
is terribly important to remember good advice. (Let’s see,
what was it someone told me to remember when I next began to
write “Stuff”?? Hmmmm!
One
old timer told an experience he once had while sleeping out on
the Arizona desert. Seems he was awakened by a feeling of weight
upon his chest. He cautiously raised his head, and found himself
looking into the eyes of a huge rattlesnake, coiled contentedly
in the folds of the blanket. For a moment he froze in terror.
Then — he remembered — something his grandpaw had said —
“When in doubt, relax!!“
Good
advice is seldom welcomed if it is given at the time it is
needed. We become so involved in the situation that it is
difficult to see the whole picture. Immediate desires and
emotions take precedence, and we refuse to reason in “long
terms.” Besides. if the suggested solution is really good
would we not have thought of it ??
My
mother gave me some good advice which I may or may not have
remembered at all times. “Son, never go with a girl you would
be ashamed to bring home, or to marry.” That last part really
sounded foolish to a high school boy — but looking back on it
now, it makes sense. I like to believe it
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made enough sense then to help me through
that difficult time.
God’s
word is “good advice” for the young person with maturity and
judgement enough to see it. “Remember now thy Creator in the
days of thy youth.” It is saddening to see young people “too
hep” to be interested in such matters. I will know them later,
when they come to the study and pour out their tangled story —
begging now for solutions to problems that would never have
happened had they incorporated God’s “advice” into their
early life. Now it is often too late.
You
see, we benefit best by remembering previous advice —
principles we have examined and accepted before the
actual time for application. Such principles have become a part
of us-they make up our character — and what we are is the
answer for things to be.
The
old timer and the snake? Oh, he remembered and took his grandpaw’s
advice. He relaxed — went right off to sleep — and the next
thing he knew it was morning, and the snake was gone. Now see
how important it is to remember things ??
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