When I was a cute little boy, I had an experience with medication that I will never forget.
It was a beautiful day. I was running about with my friends and having what I would honestly describe as the best time of my life when my mother called me in. I ran into the house panting with zest and excitement wondering why she called. She handed me a cup of juice. No, it was not orange juice; it was juice made from green herbs.
No sooner had my tongue tasted the juice did my mouth spew out the whole thing. It was the "bitterrest" thing I have ever tasted as far as I could remember. I began to cry and wanted to run back to playground. She stopped me: "son, take it, you need this to get well and stay strong", she encouraged. I drank a little and lost all my excitement for play. The moment was ruined. My friends went way and I probably went to sleep soon after.
I remember thinking how wicked my mother was to interrupt my beautiful day of fun with friends. Years later, I realized that the green herb juice was a deworming medication that most parents give to their children to keep them from parasites and diseases.
Sometimes, while you are running about with 'friends' and having the 'best times' of your life, you need a 'mother' [parent, pastor, mentor or teacher] who would call you aside and give you a cup of 'bitter truth juice'. If you hate bitter taste you may think that such people are wicked and out to mess up your day and fun. You may even want to avoid them in future.
Friend, if you ever get one of those cups, take it, you need it to get well and stay strong. Truth is, all truth medication is bitter to taste and if you hate bitter taste you will never accept the truth. If you reject the truth you will be deceived by a lie and infested with unseen parasites that make people sick with danger of death.That is not God's will for any of us.
Have you 'dewormed' yourself lately with a cup of bitter truth?
Peter Okaka
Pastor, FreshWater House
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