Some people seem to only learn things the hard way. Generally we think of these persons as "hard headed." They question everything and they just won't take your word for it. They have to try it themselves.
Let me give you some examples from my childhood. I learned a few lessons the hard way and I learned some lessons by watching others learn the hard way.
Lesson one: Don't throw rocks at bulls.
When I was 10, my twin brother and I were throwing rocks at a bull. We had seen the matadors on TV fighting the bulls and we thought we might try it. We were in a field with a very large bull and we began to throw rocks at this bull. It turned around and faced us. It started snorting through its nose and then began stomping the ground. It was about that time that I realized this bull is really getting mad. We started running and that bull chased us into a barn and kept us there for hours. We had climbed into the upstairs of this barn and that bull stayed near the barn for what seemed like a lifetime.
We made it out that day but not until the bull had chased us to the fence as we ran to get away from it. You know, I have never thrown a rock at a bull since that time. That is learning a lesson the hard way. We could have gotten killed out of our ignorance, but God was merciful.
What lesson do you think I learned? Don't throw rocks at a bull, especially if you are standing inside the pasture with him.
Lesson two: Don't blow into a dog's ear.
When I was 6 we had a dog named Lucky. One day my twin brother and I were sitting on the back porch and my brother lifted Lucky's ear and blew into his ear. I watched as Lucky instantly turned and bit a hole through my brother's lip. Blood gushed down his chin and he began to scream in pain. That day I decided that I would never blow in a dog's ear. You know, I have never done that and I thank my brother for learning that lesson for me.
What lesson do you think my brother learned? My brother learned the hard way.
Lesson three: Don't throw peanuts at panthers.
My twin brother visited the zoo one day with his two girls - a zoo keeper warned him not to throw peanuts at the panthers. The zoo keeper told my brother that this panther was mean and would make you pay if you bothered him.
As my brother and his kids were looking at the big cats, a couple of older boys came up to the cage of the panther. The zoo keeper had gone on to another part of the zoo and had not warned these boys. My brother watched as these boys began to harass the panther. They wanted to hear him growl. They began to throw peanuts at the panther. My brother said the panther got up and began to walk in circles in his cage and finally stopped. He backed his rear end to the bars of the cage and blew his waste all over the three boys. They were covered from head to foot with panther poop. My brother said he laughed until he cried as he witnessed the boys getting sprayed by the panther.
What lesson do you think they learned? They learned not to throw peanuts at the panther-and I learned by just hearing the story. I have never thrown peanuts or anything else at animals in a zoo.
Lessons can be learned by obeying the warning signs, by observing others' experience-or you can learn the hard way.
hoping for relief from drug and alcohol addiction. I completed the year program, and then stayed on as an intern for 6 months. What the Lord did in my life during this time...well, He transformed me. I am a new creation in Christ, and Jesus radically took hold of my heart and changed me.
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