That's the hardest thing of all, when you're in the holodeck and don't even know it. I knew that advice, or at least real advice I could use, was out of the question for this guy. He'd lived his best days in high school and filtered everything through that experience. I finished my ginger ale and left quietly, realizing that while you can go home again, you may not like what you find when you get there. The following was taken from the Daily Verse for Inspiration, an Internet E-mail service.
Fire can burn and destroy or it can refine and purify.
Our words can be a little like a fire. But God calls us, as Christians, to be different and to stay away from all that unwholesome talk. Copyright 1995 Steve Hammer. All rights reserved. Contact me with any questions, for permissions you might want, or just to say hey.