Those rocks!
Those rocks!
Monday, September 06, 2004
Those lousy rocks!
My pasture has rocks, and I went down last summer and picked up a bunch of rocks took them out of the pasture, and I do think that someone threw them all back in the pasture!
Again, this year I went through the pasture and picked up rocks again! I think I recognized some of those rocks from last year!
No, someone didn’t throw rocks back in my pasture (I think), but anyone who understands how the freeze-thaw cycle works, now what happened. All those rocks were once buried, but now are on top of the ground. So, again, I went out to pick up rocks so I could mow the weeds in the pasture and not get crowned by a flying rock.
I picked up a lot of rocks and all those rocks were quite heavy, but my little trailer and ATV had no trouble getting them up the hill and now I have to figure out where to put them...somewhere I won’t have to pick them up again.
Do you have rocks? No, I don’t mean in the head, but in you or specifically, on your back or just carrying them around in your pocket? What, you mean am I crazy? "Why would I want to carry rocks around?" you say. Well, do you?
I do not mean real rocks, but rocks of a different kind:
-the rock of unforgiveness
-the rock of a bad memory
-the rock of bitterness
-the rock of self-loathing
-the rock of diversive spirit
-the rock of past sins
-the rock of gossip
-the rock of doubt
-the rock of...( you will in the blank)
Do you carry these rocks around, letting them wear you down, day after day? Do you let your past sins rattle in the pockets of your mind? Does self-doubt about your salvation keep you awake at night?
Do you find offense, where no offense exists?
Don’t those rocks get heavy and make life hard to live for Christ?
Jesus in Luke chapter eight, tells the parable of the sower and one part is that the Word falls among the rocks:"And other fell on a rock, and sprouting, it withered away, because it lacked moisture." (Luke 8:6)
Rocks in your life will suck the moisture of your spiritual walk. Slowly the weight that you carry around will make it harder and harder to live for God and you will become focused on yourself and not your walk with Christ.
"For you ought to put off the old man (according to your way of living before) who is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind. And you should put on the new man, who according to God was created in righteousness and true holiness. " (Ephesians 4:22-24)
"Therefore I remind you to inflame anew the gift of God, which is in you by the putting on of my hands. For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. Therefore you should not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner. " (2 Timothy 1:6-8)
It is no fun picking up rocks, especially large ones. Throw your rocks away and live for Christ, not for self.
Until next time on my front porch.
My pasture has rocks, and I went down last summer and picked up a bunch of rocks took them out of the pasture, and I do think that someone threw them all back in the pasture!
Again, this year I went through the pasture and picked up rocks again! I think I recognized some of those rocks from last year!
No, someone didn’t throw rocks back in my pasture (I think), but anyone who understands how the freeze-thaw cycle works, now what happened. All those rocks were once buried, but now are on top of the ground. So, again, I went out to pick up rocks so I could mow the weeds in the pasture and not get crowned by a flying rock.
I picked up a lot of rocks and all those rocks were quite heavy, but my little trailer and ATV had no trouble getting them up the hill and now I have to figure out where to put them...somewhere I won’t have to pick them up again.
Do you have rocks? No, I don’t mean in the head, but in you or specifically, on your back or just carrying them around in your pocket? What, you mean am I crazy? "Why would I want to carry rocks around?" you say. Well, do you?
I do not mean real rocks, but rocks of a different kind:
-the rock of unforgiveness
-the rock of a bad memory
-the rock of bitterness
-the rock of self-loathing
-the rock of diversive spirit
-the rock of past sins
-the rock of gossip
-the rock of doubt
-the rock of...( you will in the blank)
Do you carry these rocks around, letting them wear you down, day after day? Do you let your past sins rattle in the pockets of your mind? Does self-doubt about your salvation keep you awake at night?
Do you find offense, where no offense exists?
Don’t those rocks get heavy and make life hard to live for Christ?
Jesus in Luke chapter eight, tells the parable of the sower and one part is that the Word falls among the rocks:"And other fell on a rock, and sprouting, it withered away, because it lacked moisture." (Luke 8:6)
Rocks in your life will suck the moisture of your spiritual walk. Slowly the weight that you carry around will make it harder and harder to live for God and you will become focused on yourself and not your walk with Christ.
"For you ought to put off the old man (according to your way of living before) who is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind. And you should put on the new man, who according to God was created in righteousness and true holiness. " (Ephesians 4:22-24)
"Therefore I remind you to inflame anew the gift of God, which is in you by the putting on of my hands. For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. Therefore you should not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner. " (2 Timothy 1:6-8)
It is no fun picking up rocks, especially large ones. Throw your rocks away and live for Christ, not for self.
Until next time on my front porch.