"Then certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, 'What does this babbler [margin: seed-picker] want to say?' ... And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus .... For all the Anthenians and the foreigners who were there spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing."
Acts 17:18 -19a, 21
I guess it is human nature to always desire some new thing. That's what fuels gossip (babblers). Fads come and fads go – even in the church. People run here and there to hear some exotic teaching or spiritual manifestation. And then when some new thing comes along, they flock to that. Just give me the Old Time Religion, without trying to dress it up in new clothes. I have no desire to be a "seed-picker."
Today's Thought: New philosophies or experiences are not worth running after because they will be old tomorrow.
Have an "old-fashioned" day. Love you.
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