DANGER....RODNEY BOYD: How To Avoid A Hot Tailpipe

Greetings Earthlings. What does the 1956 movie Forbidden Planet...Shakespeare's The Tempest...1935 pulp fiction book Doc Savage The Fantastic Island... Will Smith...the book Isaac Asimov and the 1966 T.V. show Lost in Space have in common? The answer is ROBBIE THE ROBOT.

Robbie the Robot is the prototype for all 50's movie robots. I will let you in on a secret...inside of the robot is not a myriad of wires and electronic devices. Inside the robot is a man. Yes...the robot is a costume. Robbie was first conceived in the Doc Savage book The Fantastic Island. He then appears in the movie The Forbidden Planet that was based on Shakespeare's The Tempest...and it goes on.

You may be asking yourself..."Self...why is Ruminatin' Rod writing about Robbie the Robot?" Well self...I'm glad you asked. What kicked me off to ruminatin' was the show LOST IN SPACE. Robbie the Robot...is used as a companion for Will Robinson (aka Billy Mumy of Twilight Zone fame). Whenever DANGER was close by...Robby would begin to light up...flail his arms up, down, and all around... and lights, bells, and whistles would go off...as he warned...DANGER WILL ROBINSON.

I started thinking how nice it would be as we walked in this world...to have something or someone who would alert us to DANGER. A little DANGER RODNEY BOYD would be nice... before I reached under a car and grabbed a hot tail pipe (exhaust) to see if it was loose. DANGER RODNEY BOYD...HOT PIPE...DO NOT TOUCH...DANGER. But noooooooooooo.... I had to endured (1) pain (2) embarrassment because I had no warning. If only I had some type of WARNING SYSTEM in place when I was walking down some steps at a patient's house... and when I got to the last step I would hear...DANGER RODNEY BOYD...YOU'VE GOT ONE MORE STEP TO GO..then maybe I would not have fallen face first into a concrete block wall, bust my glasses, cut my eyebrow with blood spurting everywhere, and messing up my shoulders. If only I had some type of DANGER ALERT in place when I was about to do something stupid and SIN WILLINGLY...DANGER RODNEY BOYD...YOU ARE ABOUT TO SIN...AND REAP THE CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR ACTION...DANGER RODNEY BOYD.

If only the children of Israel had a ROBBIE THE ROBOT in the WILDERNESS...to warn them of the DANGER of craving evil things, being idolaters, acting immorally, testing the Lord, and grumbling...maybe...just maybe...they would not have been destroyed by serpents or destroyed by the destroyer...OR for the most important thing...not be LAID LOW IN THE WILDERNESS.

DANGER CHILDREN OF ISRAEL...YOU ARE ABOUT TO BE LAID LOW IN THE WILDERNESS.

Well...just like they had a warning system...so do I have a warning system...and it is called The Holy Spirit...The Word of God...godly counsel...and last but not least...Brenda my wife. I could have avoided a lot of trouble by listening to Brenda.

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on our own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and turn away from evil." (Pro-Verbs 3:5-7) DANGER RODNEY BOYD...YOU ARE LEANING ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING...AND YOU WILL FALL. DANGER RODNEY BOYD...YOU ARE GETTING OFF THE STRAIGHT PATH.

"How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to Thy Word. With all my heart I have sought Thee; do not let me wander from Thy commandments. Thy word I have hid/treasured in my heart, that I may not sin against Thee." (Psalm 119:9-11) DANGER RODNEY BOYD...YOU ARE ABOUT TO STRAY FROM THE WORD AND BECOME UNPURE. YOU ARE WANDERING FROM THE COMMANDMENTS AND ARE NOT LISTENING TO THE TREASURED WORDS AND ARE ABOUT TO SIN AGAINST GOD.

"But I say, walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out/fulfill the desires of the flesh." (Galatians 5:16) DANGER RODNEY BOYD...YOU ARE NOT WALKING BY THE SPIRIT...AND YOU ARE ABOUT TO CARRY OUT IMMORALITY, IMPURITY, SENSUALITY, IDOLATRY, SORCERY, ENMITIES, STRIFE, JEALOUSY, OUTBURSTS OF ANGER, DISPUTES, DISSENSIONS, FACTIONS, ENVYINGS, DRUNKENNESS, CAROUSINGS AND THINGS LIKE THESE...AND ARE IN DANGER OF NOT INHERITING RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE AND JOY IN THE HOLY GHOST (Galatians 5:16-21; Romans 14:17)

"Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows...this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh shall from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit shall from the Spirit reap eternal life" (Galatians 6:7-8) DANGER RODNEY BOYD...YOU ARE MOCKING GOD AND SOWING TO FLESH...YOU ARE ABOUT TO REAP CORRUPTION.

Well you get the idea...God has His WARNING LABEL all over the place. His Holy Spirit will confirm God's truth...and your godly friends can speak into your life.

FINAL THOUGHTS...FINALLY...NO REALLY...FINALLY

Don't wait for a mechanical, electrical pile of junk to warn you...let the living Spirit of God who dwells in you speak loud and clear His Word into your life...and then...move away from the tailpipe.

Love and Dangerous Kisses
Rodney "I Hear Ya Lord" Boyd