A young man went up from his home to the city to take his degree in the University. As a resident student, he had his own room in the hostel. After he had settled in, his godly mother, decided to pay him a visit.
She was very shocked to see the kind of pictures he had
fixed to the walls of his room.
They were portraits of semi-dressed film stars; unbecoming of
a young man who had been reared & trained at home as he had. The mother
said not a word.
Instead of expressing her displeasure, she went home, had her
photo taken & sent him the photo, with the request that he would hang it in
his room.
The next time she visited him; all the other pictures were
gone: only his mother's photograph adorned the wall. When she asked him about
it, he replied:
“You see, mother, I could not have those pictures alongside
of yours. They would be out of place.”
- (moreillustrations.com)
“You are the only
Bible some unbelievers will ever read, and your life is under scrutiny every
day. What do others learn from you? Do they see an accurate picture of your
God?” - John MacArthur.
1 Thes 5:22 (KJV): “Abstain from all appearance of evil.”
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