Mom told me te stove was hot...I didn't believe her!

I am sure many of us can relate to being told something, something to protect us from being hurt and in our own infinite wisdom we said; "Thanks but I don't need your help!"

I know in my life there have been many 'hot stove' moments where my parents or someone who cared would tell me to steer clear from where I headed. And sometimes I would listen, but more often then not I would touch that red hot burner in life and end up burnt.

I believe the bible is the best way to learn from being 'burnt' in life. Now I am sure some are reading this thinking; "yeah tell us something we don't know, the bible is good for us to read..." so my question is if we all know this book is so life giving how come we all have so many blisters and burns. How come we all carry around scars that we are so ashamed of, why does our pride still tell us to search throughout the world to find these answers, the bible is just to cliche and 'religious'

During Jesus time here on earth he had many disciples desert him. In John 6:60-65 it says;

"On hearing it, many of his disciples said, "This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?" Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, "Does this offend you? What if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life. Yet there are some of you who do not believe. For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him." He went on to say, "This is why I told you that no on can come to me unless the Father has enabled him."

Even the disciples who hung out with Jesus in the flesh had a hard time following the teaching, but lets not forget "The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life". The bible speaks truth and breaths life into our bodies, minds and souls!

And even though we all walk around with our hands burnt from touching the hot burners of life, our Great God in His great mercy is healing all our brokenness!