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The Unthankful Pig
Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on May 6, 2022 (message contributor)
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE LESSON OF THE PIG?
Seems a big fat pig is roaming around the forest and finds all likes of delicious juicy acorns on the ground. The acorns are strewn on the ground. The pig eats and eats the acorns until the acorns are gone. The pig takes a long nap. When the pig wakes up he looks for more acorns to eat. He doesn’t find any more. The pig starts rooting the ground to dig up more acorns. THE PIG UNDERCUTS THE ROOTS OF THE OAK TREE… The pig killed the MIGHTY OAK TREE.
THERE WAS A BIRD THAT LANDED ON ONE OF THE DEAD BRANCHES AND INFORMS THE PIG THAT HE KILLED THE MIGHTY OAK TREE. The bird cries out: IF YOU WOULD HAVE JUST LIFTED YOUR HEAD IN THANKS, YOU WOULD HAVE DISCOVERED ACORNS GROW UP HIGH IN THIS TREE… YOU KILLED THE TREE IN YOUR IGNORANCE. Now there will be no more acorns for us birds, squirrels and UNTHANKFUL PIGS. All you had to do was look up!
WHAT WILL THE SEEDS OF FAITHLESS CONCLUSIONS GROW? … DOES FEAR AND WORRY GROW WEEDS OF WEARINESS? BE CAREFUL HOW YOU THINK! AND WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT!
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