Sorry about yesterday, but I left you in good hands. Franks “knee mail” was very un-Frank-like (it was really good). Just kidding Frank. And its good to see Jennifer Byers back on the scene, I love her honesty. Keep it up Jen, and…..hmmm………hello….been missing you at church!! And Cynthia as always is a crowd pleaser who taps a depth in writing that captures you. And then there is Kyle. Dude, you are shockingly good at this blogging thing (just kidding…..keep it up, you’ll get more out of it than those of us who read it). Thank you to the fellow bloggers who consistently keep us all thinking.
Now onto the title, last Sunday Sid had a loose tooth and I simply put the kung-fu grip on it and pulled it right out. No problem, although I got a little skin with it and it bled a pretty good bit. Well this past Sunday we had another loose tooth and I put the kung-fu on it and nothing but tears. He said I hurt him and I tried several more times with the grip, but nothing. We tried the dental floss, rocking side to side, forwards and backwards…..nothing. It would not come out. So fast forward to Sunday night and I told him he had to let me try again. He said he wanted to try it, so he went into the bathroom and came out with the tooth in his hand. Where am I going with all this. I’m glad you asked.
The parrallation to this story is pretty simple. Our unsaved friends can be a lot like Sid’s teeth. Some are easy to share the gospel with and see results. And then there are those who just will not hear it no matter what you do. You can beat them over the head with the bible, drag them to church, witness to them and nothing. Can I get an Amen!! So why is this. I believe simply that we are tools God uses, but its not us who bring the person (or persons) to Christ…….it’s God. And if God isn’t calling them, then they won’t make the change, but we can’t know who God is calling or who He isn’t……so we push on. We can’t ever give up, because it may be that the 200th time is the time they will hear it. Just think how many times you felt God’s nudging and blew it off. Thank goodness He never gives up on us and we should never give up on our unsaved friends.
This one is for you Amy…..see I can do a halfway decent post on a Wednesday morning.
Have a Blessed Day!!!
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5 comments:
I knew you wouldn't let me down this week....I've been praying REAL hard, that the Lord would help you out on Wednesday's...I'm just kidding...You are the BEST!
Your Blogs are always good, no matter what..I just like to give you a hard time..I love you!
I love all you bloggers...Cynthia and FrankieGfromtheNYC or is that SuperFly Frank...You guys are AWESOME!!! Keep the Blogs coming.
Amy (your sister :-)
Way to come strong Bruce Lee. They say you always hurt the ones you love, but dude quit trying to mame your kids. Just kiddind. God Bless!!
Wow! So that's how you "dads" do it. The kung-fu grip? I was literally laughing out loud. I may be on the verge of getting in trouble for having too much fun in the office. Once again, you are so right. But guess what, some of "us" christians have struggled with this in our walk. I admit to holding on to a few things while God had the Kung-Fu grip on them. But you know, the Holy Spirit would sneak up behind me and "WHOP" my on the back of the head and I'd let go then. This is your "Way To Go Wednesday" post... you are too awesome!
All I can think of right now is how I was at White Oak years ago at a retreat and how I felt this overwhelming urge to get up out of my chair and go down front and accept Christ, but i didn't, I mean it was such a moment that I even wrote about as I was sitting there. As the years went on and as I was witnessed to by family and others it just pushed me away until God put me into certain circumstances where He was the only identifiable way out. Praise The Lord. And Praise the Lord for my Brother in Christ Michael Locke, the Kung-Fu Christian! :)
I love your "parallations". It is amazing how you can do those. I would never be able to turn everyday situations into "parallations". Even T Dale has adopted the usage of "parallations" in his sermons. Your blogs are "awesome".
Matt L.
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