Can you remember "trading" as a kid? What was your best trade? Mine was a single action BB Rifle. Can you remember how easy the skill of manipulation came as we would try and out trade our friends. Sometimes knowing we were taking advantage of them. This was the case with my BB Rifle. It became my prized possession, but it also became my worst nightmare and the source of fear a few times. Once, at home alone, a group of the neighborhood bullies congregated on my front lawn to taunt me. In hopes to get them to leave, I grabbed my faithful rifle, took aim at the dirt bike one of the bullies was sitting on. With the intent only to scare them, I quickly ran back inside as the shot hit the bullie's leg instead of the bike I aimed at. Another instance found my brother and I out in a field. Being bored, we were out hunting for lizards, when I realized the rifle was cocked and decided to "un-cock" it by firing it at the ground. Lo and behold, the BB ricocheted off a rock, pelting my younger brother in his back-side. Although, I could not contain my laughter, my brother felt quite differently. In KidzQuest we learn about some bartering that left another set of brothers at odds with each other. But we also get to see redemption and reconciliation as God chose to use this liar and manipulator to become the beginning of a great nation, Israel.
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