I was walking my two dogs; Bama and Dallas, the other day, when Bama ran off into the woods after smelling a deer. She came back with about a four foot sticker branch attached to her tail. She came up to me to "fix" it. I tried grabbing it, but all she did was pull back, and all I did was get scratched. So we took a different tactic, which was more difficult than it should have been, because Bama did not want me to touch her or the branch. While she was twirling in circles I stepped on the branch and let her do the rest. The Branch came off and Bama went on her way. All of this reminded me of the consequences of sin. Of course, it wasn't sin for her to be a dog and chase a deer through the woods, but in our lives we do like to chase after things to relieve us of guilt, of loneliness, of "self" fulfillment. So often we tend to run away from the very source of fulfillment. Then we often come back to those that have more wisdom than we do and fight the very advice that will get us out of the mess we have made. In the meantime, while we fight, we are getting stuck all the more. Of course, there are always going to be natural consequences of sin, but if we would submit when we know we are in trouble, life would be a whole lot better. Thanks be to God who took our sin on Himself, entered into our world, and our mess, in order to clean some of us up.
1 year ago
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My little Dallas, such an angel. He never gets caught-up in sin. Good boy Dee!
Thanks Tall son. Love, Mom
Such wisdom from such a little event. It makes me think of how the first instinct is to run when things get difficult rather than to endure by God's grace. It's this way in marriage, and in church membership, for instance. It also makes me think of the time I waste second-guessing decisions I've made in the past which I cannot do anything about now. My husband tells me I need to let it go but I still find it difficult to do.(Why is it we hang onto such things anyway?)
Great picture to think about. Love U, B.
My word! God is good isn't He, showing us Himself through small things like that. As I was reading I can very vividly remember being in the same situation, MANY TIMES, too many! You have a wonderful way of expressing God's truth! Thank you, Love you!
Oh, so true. I know what it's like when those prickers (that's what we call them) get tighter and tighter and I run in faster and faster circles. Thanks for the reminder to submit and repent.
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