The older I get, the more I believe that with each person finding their own balance in all that is introduced into their lives, is what will bring them peace and happiness. Balancing things then demands a balance in the consequences that follow. Whether you need balance in how many glasses of wine you drink in a single setting, to how you handle your anger or treat someone.
Wine is good for the body and soul. And it truly helps a bit with laughter as well. Usually a problem only occurs when the balance is tipped. And as the word expresses so well, unbalanced wine and mixed drink lead to unbalanced experiences.
Proverbs 23:30-35
..for they that tarry long at the wine: they that go seek mixed wine”.
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red when it giveth his colour in the cup,
when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder. Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea,
or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick;
they have beaten me, and I felt it not; when shall I awake?
I will seek it yet again.
Although wine is a great example of the good, bad and ugly when there is not balance; this rule applies to any area of your life. God’s Word teaches us in this manner; to balance all things. He speaks with many parables, and shows the good as well as the bad in so many of our choices we can make.
Debate is a great balance – war is not.
Self perseverance is a necessity – selfishness demands that you fall.
A little wine is good for the belly – a lot, makes you stupid and sick
I think you get the idea. Wine is not evil, but can bring pain – and; considering your own needs and desires is a beautiful thing, however selfishness hurts us all.
Seek your own Balance while enjoying a nice glass of wine.
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