based on a story by C. E. Henry (1960)<\/p>\n
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There is an old story about a lamb and its mother. It seems the lamb passed a pig pen each morning on the way to the pasture with its mother. Watching the pigs wallow in the mud seemed like fun, and on an especially hot day, the lamb asked the mother if he could jump the fence and wallow in the cool mud. She replied, \u201cNo.\u201d Then the lamb asked the usual question, \u201cWhy?\u201d The mother just said, \u201cSheep don\u2019t wallow.\u201d<\/p>\n
This did not satisfy the lamb. He felt she was not being fair, overreacting, and didn\u2019t have the right to tell him what he could or could not do! So, as soon as the mother was out of sight, the lamb ran to the pigpen and jumped the fence. He was soon feeling the cool mud on his feet, his legs, and soon his stomach. After a few moments, he decided he had better go back to his mother, but he couldn\u2019t. He was stuck! Mud and wool don\u2019t mix. His pleasure had become his prison. He cried out and was rescued by the farmer. When cleaned and returned to the fold, the mother said, \u201cRemember, sheep don\u2019t wallow.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sin is like that. It looks so nice, so inviting. We think we can escape from it any time we wish, but it is not always so. Sinful pleasures soon become prisons.<\/p>\n
The moral of this story? Christians don\u2019t wallow!<\/p>\n
Sin and sinners entice us to join in the passing pleasures of sin. But as the wise writer of Proverbs said, \u201cKeep your feet from their path<\/em>\u201d (Proverbs 1:10-19).<\/p>\n Sheep Don\u2019t Wallow based on a story by C. E. Henry (1960) There is an old story about a lamb and its mother. It seems the lamb passed a pig pen each morning on the way to the pasture with its mother. Watching the pigs wallow in the mud seemed like fun, and on an…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4934,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15508","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4934,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/moral-principles-for-young-people\/","url_meta":{"origin":15508,"position":0},"title":"Moral Principles for Young People – Volume I","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 7, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Moral Principles for Young People Volume I by Jeffrey W. 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Verses to Consider<\/h3>\n
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Questions to Ponder<\/h3>\n
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