OT: Leviticus. On sin & Balotelli

My absolute favourite person on the planet right now is Manchester City's Mario Balotelli. Not only is he an entertaining footballer, but he's a pretty entertaining person, who doesn't seem to care what people think about him.
But more importantly, and here's why I think he's a good guy, he knows right from wrong, and what he can do about it. There's the incident where he took a truant into school and told the lads bullying him to lay off or he'd come back and sort them out. There's driving around in a santa suit giving out cash.
Best of all in my book is setting his bathroom on fire with fireworks.
Who on earth lights fireworks in their bathroom?

What happened next is a little bizarre - within days Balotelli was fronting a government firework safety campaign. Knowing what he had done wasn't clever and that people looked up to him, he admitted his mistakes and set about putting them right, and that's a quality to greatly admire in anyone - international footballer or a mate at school.

Now, here's how this links to Leviticus - you might think it's full of random laws about mildew, and that you can comfortably skip over it without a second thought - turn to Leviticus 5 and you'll find some laws about human stupidity. Yup, God even thought of that.

Skim through the rest of Leviticus and you'll find plenty of neat little gems relevant to everyday life.

We will always muck up, but there's no-one worse than the person who thinks they can never be wrong. I sometimes slip towards that, and have to frequently remind myself that whilst I'm pretty good, I'm not perfect!
God says in v4 "Or suppose you make a foolish vow of any kind, whether its purpose is for good or for bad. When you realise its foolishness, you must admit your guilt." In other words - when you say something stupid, admit it.

Don't be afraid to say sorry for something you've said that might have hurt someone, belittled them or just made them think less of themselves (and maybe even you).
This week, if you can't stop your tongue, be sure to make amends for it - don't let a foolish word go uncorrected.