FLIES

I remember when I was a kid, mom would always be making bannock. We only had a cook

stove in those days and it would make our shack too hot in the summer, so mom would

cook bannock outside.

Sometimes she cooked in a frying pan on the fire, or sometimes in

an old cook stove we kept outside. I always liked raisin bannock, so I would talk my mom in to

making me some.

Now my sister was a big tease, and she was always doing tricks on me. Of course I

usually managed to get her back. One day my sister told my mom she would help her

with the Bannock.

“Don’t make that bannocktoo hard” I

teased her. “Don’t worry. I’ll make it real good for you,” my sister said.

What I didn’t know was she

had a handful of big black flies she had killed, and instead of raisins, she put those dead flies into one corner of the bannock.

It wasn’t long before my sister brought me

a warm piece of bannock and some

lard…………… I should have known something was

wrong because she was never this nice

to me. I slapped on a big chunk of lard and

watched it melt. “Boy, this is going to be good,” I thought as I took a big bite.

I kind of wondered why my sister was acting so funny and then I noticed that the raisins

were not very sweet-in fact, they tasted terrible.

“Ugh!” what’s wrong with

this?” Then I took a closer look!

My sister and I are great

friends today and every

time we get together, we laugh about the flies in

the bannock. Isn’t it the way it is

though?......

SOMETHING ROTTEN OR DIRTY ALWAYS MAKES A GOOD THING BAD…………

EVENTHOUGH THE REST OF THE BANNOCK WAS GOOD, THE TASTE

OF THE FLIES RUINED IT.

A sinful thought or

action ruins us on the inside before God,

despite the fact that we are

created beautifully in His image.

Hatred, defiance anger and violence.

•Blaming, thinking others are more guilty than you.

Jealousy and playing games that hurt others.

Being controlled by substances such as drugs

and alcohol.

Practicing sinful habits daily, no matter how minor they are in your eyes, is noted by God. Your attitude to sin, reflects your attitude towards God.

Are you willing to turn from your way or do you want to remain spoiled

before God? (Like flies in bannock)

Can you imagine how repulsive our sin is to God. He who is HOLY?

SIN SEPERATES US FROM GOD

GOD

US (SINFUL)

GOD’S LOVE CAN CANCEL OUT OUR SEPERATION. (FORGIVENESS)

GOD

US (SINFUL)

WHICH SIDE OF THE CROSS ARE YOU ON?