Well, I’m sitting here at the airport, trying to get to New Orleans but the DFW weather is not cooperating!\u00a0 Heavy thunderstorms there, so my flight to\u00a0DFW is on hold, waiting for the DFW airport to be opened.\u00a0 <sigh>\u00a0 But, I had a thought to share with you, and have time to share it, so here it is.<\/p>\n
My siblings and I were all helping my mother move into her new house over the weekend, and my sister and I happened to be at different churches Sunday morning.\u00a0 She heard a thought expressed in the sermon she heard (I haven’t heard it yet; I need to go download it and listen.\u00a0\u00a0Once I get it I’ll post the link for you.) that impacted her.\u00a0 It may lose a little in the translation, from the preacher, to her, to me, to you, but it was along these lines:<\/p>\n
One of the good features of domestic oxen is that they are docile.\u00a0 This has been bred into them.\u00a0 Were they not docile, a single person would never be able to put a yoke on them, to bind them to his service.\u00a0 Some Christians are like that.\u00a0 They are docile.\u00a0 They willingly accept a yoke fashioned from strong-willed individuals’ personal convictions.\u00a0 These individuals bind rules on Christians that can not be found in the Word.\u00a0 BUT SOME CHRISTIANS ALLOW THEMSELVES TO BE BOUND!<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I don’t know where the sermon went from there, but I have to wonder about myself (I’ll leave your situation to you to wonder about):\u00a0 Am I docile?\u00a0 Do I willingly accept being bound by those who believe it is their right to bind others?\u00a0 I think I have been this way in the past.\u00a0 But I also believe God is leading me out of that mentality.\u00a0 I’m really glad, because I don’t want to be an ox.\u00a0 I’d rather be a warrior.\u00a0 May the Lord forgive my timidity in His service, and grant boldness in its place.\u00a0\u00a0 And may He do the same for you!<\/p>\n
–Mark<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Well, I’m sitting here at the airport, trying to get to New Orleans but the DFW weather is not cooperating!\u00a0 Heavy thunderstorms there, so my flight to\u00a0DFW is on hold, waiting for the DFW airport to be opened.\u00a0 <sigh>\u00a0 But, … Continue reading