Sunday, May 31, 2015

Remarkable Constraint BY:KB © 5.3.15

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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