Snipes

IT WAS FRIDAY NIGHT AT OUR BOY SCOUT LODGE AT LOG LANDING. THE SCOUT MASTER SAID OUR SPECIAL EVENT TONIGHT WOULD BE A SNIPE HUNT. AFTER CAREFUL INSTRUCTIONS WE SCATTERED INTO THE WOODS WITH OUR FLASH LIGHTS AND OUR IMAGINATIONS ALERT TO THE MYSTERIOUS SNIPES WE WERE TO FIND. FOR WHAT SEEMED LIKE HOURS WE WAITED IN THE DARK UNTIL OFF IN THE DISTANCE SOMEONE STARTED LAUGHING. END RESULT? IT WAS ALL MAKE  BELIEVE. NO SUCH THING AS A SNIPE ANIMAL. SO WE GATHERED BACK AT CAMP LAUGHING AND MAKING BELIEVE WE KNEW SOMETHING WAS FISHY ABOUT IT. — OF COURSE THE POINT HERE IS THAT IN LIFE THERE ARE MANY MOMENTS WHEN SOMEONE SPINS A TALE OF QUICK MONEY, EASY PATHS TO FAME, AND OTHER THINGS THAT APPEAL TO OUR DESIRES, GREED, HUNGER FOR ACCEPTANCE. TROUBLE IS THEY TURN OUT TO BE FALSE. — "Be wary of false preachers (or anybody) who smile a lot, dripping with practiced sincerity. Chances are they are out to rip you off some way or other. Don't be impressed with charisma; look for character." (Matthew 7:15 The Message) - Who the persons are is the main thing, not what they say.