“Nip It In The Bud”

“Ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places… But if you will not drive out the inhabitants … those which ye let remain shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.” — Numbers 33:52, 55

Possibly the five wisest words ever spoken on network TV were spoken by Barney Fife on the Andy Griffith Show in the 1960’s—

Barney: “Nip it in the bud! You got to nip it in the bud! … Nip it! You go read any book you want on the subject of child discipline, and you’ll find that every one of ’em is in favor of bud-nippin’… Only one way to take care of it.”

Andy: “Nip it.”

Barney: “In the bud.”

To “nip it in the bud,” is an idiom that means deal with a potential problem before it gets out of control.

The best way to STOP SIN from happening is NIP IT IN THE BUD! Everything is weakest at it’s beginning. Never permit an acorn to become an oak tree. Remove anything that is wrong before it gains momentum. Subtraction is as important as addition.

Always remember: A bathroom is just as important as the kitchen! There may be somethings in your life that need to be flushed while they are still flushable.