Of all the unique characters who populate the world of Animal Crossing, the entrepreneur Redd (often known as “Crazy Redd” definitely stands out as one of the most interesting.  Showing up with rare artwork for sale at a deep discount, the catch is that she is typically selling one or two genuine items and the rest are all counterfeits/fakes… and only a very careful examination will expose that the Mona Lisa painting that we are buying for a “great deal” isn’t actually the real deal. Many of these items look authentic, and if we aren’t very familiar with the original work it is easy to be deceived. The only way to know for sure is to stop and compare it to the original.

Many times I have found that even with the best of intentions we can become guilty of producing “counterfeit fruit”… myself included. When we try to accomplish things in our lives through our own power and capabilities instead of following the Lord’s guidance and timing, we generate an “Ishmael” solution that appears correct on the outside but is actually an unauthorized forgery of the Lord’s plans. The only way to receive the “Isaac” blessing that He promised us by fully examining our hearts, comparing our plans with His, and aligning our thoughts and actions with Him daily in prayer. His promises never include compromises… let’s hold out for His real answer.

Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my anxieties; and see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.” James 4:13-15

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