From Kadesh to Mount Hor, 9/19/2010
- Moses’ and Aaron’s failure centered on some words that they spoke impulsively (Num 20:10). It all happened so fast, and before they realized it, they had said something that they would regret for the rest of their life.
- This did not just happen to them. Is this not frequently our experience? So many times, we say something, and we just wish we can take it back. But it is too late — like a wind that cannot be caught — words spoken cannot be unspoken again; and we have to bear its consequences.
- We live in an age where communication is easy, may be too easy. Back in the old days, it took us some time to write a letter and to get the letter through the mail. This gave us more time to think and to say things properly. But today, we receive an email, and we write a reply, and we hit the send button. And that email, containing all our mindless comments, could have been sent to many people. To make things worse, that same email could be forwarded to many, many, more people.
- “If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man.” (James 3:2) How true!
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