I was speaking to a group on Friday and I had to use the
illustration about falling….I taught it’s not the fall that hurts it’s the
sudden stop! As I think about this more and more…I keep coming to the word “constraint”
I took my thought deeper and placed it in a spiritual context, The gospel is a
constraint. Now before I get a bunch of hoorah and harangue I’m using the word
constraint in the context of an antonym -
freedom!
As I was studying my lesson plan prior to facilitating the
group I realized that I am constrained (contained, kept safe) by the gospel. I
also noted the fact that constrained is used in the literal interpretation as
well….there I just some things I just cannot do.
I recently had the (can’t do) hit home hard….I was recently
accused of doing something that I did not do; it was a case of “telephone” (you
know the game where people tell a story and you see how the story changes…well,
the story was GREATLY embellished and several, who have a flair for the dramatic,
poured gasoline on the story and lit the match. By the time the story got back
to me it was a flaming pile and the folks involved were in a blood lust. To be
honest, when the truth was finally revealed, my flesh (Earthly, worldly self) wanted
to slap the hell out of everyone who chose to run with the insanity but I chose
not to give in to my anger.
There’s a freedom that comes with learning to deny your
flesh….I learned who was going to cover me. I learned what I am capable of in
times of distress. Most important, I learned that I don’t have fight every
fight. I learned that forgiveness is a practice
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