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06/05/2013

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Purple Dirt

A pioneer family decided to move west from the east coast of North America to find richer fields of dirt.

They traveled by wagon train for many weeks until they reached a vast treeless plain that was stunningly simple and beautiful.

They settled down to build houses and gardens, barns and fenced pastures. Little did they know that there was a distinct difference about the dirt where they had settled.

After awhile some children got sick and a few even died. Great concern spread through the small community. One observant fellow happened to piece together that the sick and especially the dead children had a habit of playing in some specific areas that were distinguishable by it's purple dirt.

Once the families realized that purple dirt was a grave concern for their children they put into action things that would help the children from accidentally playing in the wrong areas.

When they attempted to teach their children to stay away from the areas of purple dirt they found that the children could not physically distinguish between the normal rich black dirt and the dangerous purple dirt.

At first the town decided to remove all the purple dirt. That didn't work well. They discovered any dirt that was used to cover over the areas of purple dirt, after awhile, became purple dirt. Since they couldn't remove it, they decided to erect fences around the areas of purple dirt. (The areas of purple dirt were quite small compared to the beautiful vast planes.)

Once the fences were in place, the children were taught how dangerous it was to play in those areas, yet some jumped the fences and still died playing in the purple dirt.

The towns grew and each generation had to experience for themselves the dangers of purple dirt, as none really learned how dangerous it was until they saw the effects for themselves.
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I wrote this story in 1995 to teach my children about the rules I put in place around the house. No touching outlets, no running in the street, no playing around the lawn mower, etc. etc. Of course as they grew and experienced some painful things they learned to be cautious when they were in unknown situations.

I later realized that maturity wasn't enough for people to see the purple dirt but only through the study of the Bible could purple dirt be completely visible to the human eyes. For only God can distinctly point out the purple dirt for our eternal soul.

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Love,
Dad