Breaking Bad.. Again (rr)

Breaking Bad was the hit TV show on AMC a few years back where unassuming high school chemistry teacher and family man Walter White evolves over 5 seasons into someone truly bad.

Maybe.. Not since God tossed Satan out of Heaven has there been a comparable BREAKING BAD moment.

Walter White's life was a slippery slope of compromise, and his white (no pun intended) lies evolved into massive cover-ups. Walter White changes over these few years into a ruthless big time meth producer responsible for countless murders, and in the end, he dies alone, his family is destroyed, and the wake of his truly bad choices on those around him was far reaching for both innocent and guilty. Even those who survived DID NOT live happily ever after but were truly Badly Broken.

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note: For those of you contemplating binge watching Breaking Bad on Netflix please disregard the previous paragraph.  MY BAD

Ok, so far there are three obvious lessons learned
1. Don't cook Meth,
2. Don't Murder, and
​3. Don't trust criminals to keep secrets.

But Breaking Bad is actually the story of mankind and from the very beginning it seems to be BAD is what we do.  Since the very beginning our sins great and small, and our attempts to cover them up is the common plot line for lives we live.

EVEN OUR BIBLES are filled with Breaking Bad moments of literally biblical proportions.

• Adam & Eve sinned, then tried to play the Blame Game with God. 
• Moses .. After BREAKING BADly the Ten Commmandments he attempts to repair with duct tape.
• King Solomon was the wise king of Israel but became compromised by his self-endulging ways and started collecting wives (700+ of them) like other people collect stamps
• Judas betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver, and it turned out to be his price of INFAMY.

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Then let's fast forward to a few more contemporary Breaking Bad paths we travel today..

• Maybe a problem with drink while you hide the bottles. 
• Maybe an attraction to someone other than your spouse.
• Maybe financial choices (credit cards, and purchases) that you have dug a hole that cannot be climbed out of with any ladder you purchased with your maxed out Home Depot credit card.
• Maybe the subtle slow slide of TV and/or the internet cluttering our minds with compromise that is just a click a way.  This 24/7 stimulation, and  manipulation of will, addiction to desires, the wasting of time, is turning our brains to mush.

Comfort and Hope for your BB Moments..
But no matter your flavor of Breaking Bad there are so many great scripture truths of comfort and perspective. Here are two.

1 Cor 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

Phil 4:8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy think about such things.

AND if/when we fall.. know the grace of our Heavenly Father is perfect. No matter how great or small your prodigal son or daughter moment.

Let's agree to fix our minds on the Will of God, not our own. Let' agree to seek His voice, and not the voices in this world.  I pray God blesses His people with repentant and obedient hearts.  Lord your will, not my will be done.

May God bless each of you on your journey.

 Jeff ​(not so bad) Larson

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