There was a commercial some years ago (for a credit card, I think?) that asked a question, "What's in your wallet?" Today I want to ask a similar question, "What's in your POCKET?" It's a good question.
I was at a wedding reception recently and was talking to a gentleman who is a vocational agriculture teacher at a local high school. He's been doing so for the last 28 years. He was telling me about how things have changed in a little less than three decades. He said that when he started teaching vo-ag, most boys had something in their pocket. Wanna guess what that was?
A pocketknife!
This is one of my pocketknives that I carry in my pocket. My Dad gave it to me. It was one of my grandfather's knives. I carry it to remember him. These days, you've got to be careful where you carry it, though. If you go to an airport or a courthouse, or a sporting venue, you will likely have it confiscated from you. How sad is that?
Back to the story. The vo-ag teacher told me that 28 years ago when he started teaching, most boys carried a pocketknife in their front right pocket. He then asked what I thought most boys carried in their pockets today. I guessed a cell phone. He told me that most boys are carrying....
Hand sanitizer!!
He said they they are carrying little bottles of hand sanitizer and are constantly washing their hands, and it drives him crazy. He looked at me seriously and said, "What's happening to our men?"
Another good question. That leads to the text from the sermon that our pastor preached this morning.
I Thessalonians 4:11-14 New King James Version (NKJV)
that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you, that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and that you may lack nothing.
There was a time not so long ago, that we built things, fixed things, sewed things, and grew things instead of pushing buttons on screens and sanitizing our hands. I pray that we return to those days real soon.
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