Ecclesiastes 12:10

   It is amazing to me how many things we can't do anymore because of one big worry, we might get sued . In our over litigious world there are people who will sue over anything. People will sue for the most trivial perceived injuries and slights.      Take a San Francisco woman that sued her neighbor over physical and emotional distress because of the noise their son’s basketball made in the driveway. They fought the suit but after 8 years and $35,000 in legal bills they and their insurance gave up and settled out of court. This type of behavior destroys communities and business . When anyone abuses the people around them the whole neighborhood suffers.      Proverbs 3:29-30 tells us,  Do not devise harm against your neighbor, While he lives securely beside you.  Do not contend with a man without cause, If he has done you no harm .” We need to make sure we treat our neighbor with respect and live in a way that be...

    Back in the day of the old general store, a farmer would come in and trade his eggs or milk or butter for an equal measure of some other product. Once a owner of the store noticed however, a farmer's recent contributions had been more on the short side. Upset he vowed to confront the farmer the next time he came in. Sure enough his products were all just short of a pound. The upset store owner accused him “just how do you think that is a pound? The farmer replied well we are just simple ordinary folks, we don’t have a scale to measure, we simply take the pound of sugar or meal we get from you and place it on a balance and we add our goods until it matches up. You see the short measure wasn’t coming from the farmers end.       Proverbs 11:1  A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, But a just weight is His delight . Some in business don’t think anything of shortchanging the customer.  The public may not figure out the ruse, but be ce...