I hate changing medications, you have to get used to what they are doing to your body and how they are impacting your life – some are no different than the pills they replace, while others have a different reaction – and must be monitored.

Still foggy in our neck of the woods.  We have inversions here, often, and the sky a few feet above us is bright and shiny, the neighboring areas are bathed in sunlight, but we must endure the grey and boring color of fog.

It will go away, it helps in some fashion in as much as our temperatures often remain constant from day through the night.  The moisture is good for our plants, the grey is just bad for those that have light deprivation – the lack of sun is depressing.

I would prefer blue skies, but we live here for the year round benefit of the climate and this is just a part of it.  It will go and we will ‘survive.’

Genesis 25:30-34 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.

³¹ And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

³² And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?

³³ And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.

³⁴ Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.

What was Esau thinking?  He wasn’t of course, he was hungry – and it is doubtful he was starving – it seemed like a simple statement.

He treated his inheritance lightly, and without giving it any thought said, okay you can have it for the pottage.  He hadn’t considered the ramifications – and very likely didn’t remember it until Isaac lay dying on his bed.

He took his birthright for granted and he had exchanged it for a bowl of food.

We learn later that he, indeed, lost his birthright as the first born son of Isaac.  He obviously wanted it and was quite distressed when he found out that Jacob had received his blessings from Isaac, and Isaac would not change his blessings.

How often have we done, very much, this same thing?  Anyone who has not accepted Christ is doing that – Christ came for all men and by being born we have that right of birth to God’s Grace through Jesus.

And men refuse to accept the conditions, the acceptance of that gift.

John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

But as Christians we too often take our inheritance for granted; we take it lightly and in doing so we fall away from God.

In this world of technological advances there is much to distract us from God.  It isn’t an excuse, but it is a reason.

Throughout the existence of man there has always been a turning away from the Creator and finding other ways to satisfy his soul.  Filling their lives with useless things and false teachings, false gods trying to make since of the world around them. 

Our inheritance is a relationship with God through Christ and manifested by His Holy Spirit – the end result is the promise of eternity with Him in heaven. 

Yet, we all too often make light of that relationship.  We take it for granted.  We water it down with the thoughts and things of this world and pull away from God.

We forget to have a time of prayer and meditation over His Word one day and the next and pretty soon, we forget to do it at all.

We start ‘taking advantage’ of all the world has to offer and end up sinning and denying the power and authority of God in our lives. 

Too often we take salvation for granted and feel it shall always be ours.

There are those that teach that once a person is saved, they are always saved no matter their actions.

I do not share that view, like many others, I believe we can fall from grace and in doing so we can lose our birthright, lose our salvation.

Hebrews 2:1-3 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.

² For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;

³ How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;

It is important that we take our salvation seriously, that we continually thank God for His grace and mercy and strive to lead a Holy life, even as He is Holy.

We know we can falter and fail, but we also know that He is quick to forgive us.  However, if we do not take seriously our relationship with Him, if we neglect that salvation, we may find that we indeed gave away our birthright for something that has no spiritual value, but everlasting consequences.

Later, Art :-)