October 17, 2005

• DANGER WILL ROBINSON!  DANGER!
  A good buddy of mine is going through a tough time, yeah, don't we all
  at some point?  I was chatting with said friend and I realized
  that my futile attempts to help probably were just that, futile. 
  God, I hate pain... but fortunately its necessary according to Phillip
  Yancey, in his book "Where is God When It Hurts".  Pain is
  necessary to tell us that something is not right, its our brain's way
  of stopping us as to allow healing to begin.  That, however
  describes the physical pain.  What about the emotional and
  spiritual wounds that are all scarred up and yucky hidden away under lock and key
  from the judging eyes from anyone who would dare come close?  I was really
  scared when Rachel wanted to know more about me and my life because I
  would have to show her what's been in my trunk, things from my past and
  wounds that I have never allowed to fully heal.  She has her own
  trunk full of the same things, and as we sat there rummaging through
  our trunks together I realized that she is someone I know I can trust
  because she made herself vulnerable to me just as I was to her.

  How I wish the Church was more like that... unfortunately, there are
  few churches who function in this manner... the closest representation
  I have found is at the local alcoholics anonymous meeting.  Think
  about it, a group of people who are struggling with the same vice,
  wanting to change, coming together, confronting it and helping each
  other stand up against it.   Nothing glamorous about it but
  then when has God ever used the glamorous things of the world...

  <><
  Will

  • 10:57 pm
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