Yesterday my Pastor started the message with some crazy laws that are in the books and real and when he mentioned Hood River he looked right at me....did you know that if you want to juggle in Hood River, Oregon you need a license??? ha ha how funny is that? Hood River is a town I went to a Christian school or two in and it is not far from where I grew up, graduated, got married and had my first child. My daughter decided to look up other laws (during service and we will be chatting about that) that are completely ridiculous. As always for my Pastor there are spiritual lessons in everything and he taught from Deuteronomy 5 Moses going over the 10 commandments again the Laws God laid down for the Israelites. Pausing here I am going to go off on my own little thing now......The Israelites were ALWAYS straying and doing their own thing. When Moses was up on the mountain chatting with God they were down there saying let's get this party started and roped Moses's brother the big A into helping. God was not happy to say the least, punishments were handed out and they were forgiven. They went on their way but, it appears this happened a lot all through the old testament. God rescued them from Egypt, saved them from drowning, fed them, watered them, healed them, protected them, guided them with pillars of cloud and fire all because He loved them and they kept being human. Flash forward a few thousand years question for you how are we different from the Israelites??? we're not!!!!!!!!! We all have our own Egypt everyone is different yet God is still the same. God set laws for us to follow so we can live our life the way He wants us to and I am guessing more often than not.....we pullout the stops and do our own thing especially, when it seems nothing is happening.....I am guilty of that totally and the consequences of us telling God thanks but I will do it now.....well I think you can all guess what happens when we do a human sinner nature thing like that...I guess my point is we are not much different than the people in the Bible but, God has always stayed the same.
so some crazy laws here you go.
Oregon (my state)
- Drivers may NOT test their physical endurance while driving a car on the Highway
- A door on a car may not be left open any longer than necessary
- Dishes must drip dry
Rhode Island
- One must make a loud noise before passing a car on the left
Providence Rhode Island
- you may not sell tooth paste and toothbrush to the same customer on Sunday
Kentucky
- throwing eggs at a public speaker could result in a prison sentence of up to one year this was repealed in 1975
- one may not dye a duckling blue and offer it up for sale unless there are more than 6 ducklings for sale at once
Alabama
- it is illegal to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in Church
- it is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle
- you may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time
Maine
- after January 14th you will be fined for having Christmas decorations up
Washington
- all lollipops are banned
- the harassing of Bigfoot, Sasquatch or other undiscovered species is a felony punishable by a fine and/or imprisonment
- it is illegal to pretend that ones parents are rich
- when two trains come to a crossing, neither shall go until the other has passed
All of these and more are funny but, at some point there was a reason to make them (my Pastor said something like that too). In closing this very random post but maybe not so random keep in mind God has never changed even though everything else has.
That's my thought for the day,
Peachy but, still crazy for Christmas
