Ezekiel 18:1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 ‘What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘“The parents eat sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge”?

And looking at this from the other side of things... No matter what your parents or guardians do, it is not going to be held against you!

Well, in human terms, people may; but God will not judge us according to what other people do – no matter how close they are to us.

What we do ourselves will be what God uses for or against us – not what others do.

Be encouraged and follow righteousness.

Ezekiel 18:1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 ‘What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘“The parents eat sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge”?

How many times do you judge a child from what the parent is like or on what the parent(s) have done?

We tend to tar whole families rather than individuals because we think everyone grows up to be like their parents...

God says otherwise. God says we are all individuals and He will make sure we get treated by what we do and not by what anyone else does!

Psalm 34:18 The Lord is close to the broken-hearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

When you feel at your lowest – Christ is at His best and closest to you!

It seems odd and even strange Christ would be close to us because when we are down, we don’t feel it!

God wants us to rise from the broken places, be filled when empty, experience the joyful places in amongst the horror of the world...

Stop and listen...