Weakness
Well....Scot has some news. If you see him hobbling around you'll know he has a weakness. His weakness is for basketball and his weakness is his body. He is suffering today because of his weakness. I let the old guy tell you about it some time.
I wonder out loud this morning. What is our church's Achilles tendon?
posted by Paul @ 8:20 AM
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5 Comments:
Scot, do tell! :-)
Weakness...isn't that the root of our souls, our inability to grasp the depths of who finite we are in the face of an infinite God!
As one who recently injured a foot, I know about that tendon....once it's irratated, forget it! It will bother you, swell up, ache and quietly cause discomfort until perhaps it snaps altogther. A silent disabler!
What is it within the church that is likewise?
"Weakness"....."silent disablers"....
wow. A lot can be said here.
Weakness is not always a negative...we are all weak, and we can all help one another. That is being part of the body of Christ, and being there for one another.
Michelle struck a cord in my soul with her comment.....
For me personally, what grieves my spirit deeply are what I see as the "silent disablers" in the body.
(Excellent term, Michelle)
Malicous gossip, fakeness, backstabbing, backbiting, manipulation, personal agenda, controlling personalties, "negative-destructive undercurrent"....all of which go undetected many times until there is a major rupture.
A tendon does not usually rupture without a major injury....but, it can rupture over time, by being torn bit by bit, ....until it finally severs with great pain and suffering.
The "rupture" requires a very long period of recovery, and will always be a tender spot.
Applying this to body life.....May we be conscious of the wounds, aches, pains, and tender areas, and of damage done, addressing them, caring for them, treating them....so that we may seek and allow for healing before the damage is to severe.
AMEN!
Now Scot....for you....I must say....you still think your a younster don't you..:):):)....at least your injury was incurred during a time of fun.
Keep the joy in your life!!!!
And thank you for the inspiration too....
Kitty Dugre
:):):)
The church’s Achilles tendon is sin.
Every time we do something because "we know what is right for the body", rather than seeking the "physician", we sin.
I wonder how many people, who seek medical advice, seek it in such a manner as to get confirmation of what they already think they know, rather than to seek the best advice. Sometimes it takes quite a few visits and a lot of frustration to get the proper diagnosis and that may lead you to understand that the way to be "healed" is very different than what you thought or wanted to hear.
I wonder if silent disablers are really silent, or if we just choose to ignore the discomfort and the pain, which, again is sin. Seems to me that we either ignore the pain or we decide to seek medical advice and take a pro-active approach to healing, which in many cases causes pain while in the healing process.
I'm so happy to have such a top notch physician, I have no fear of pain under his care, as the body needs care and/or surgery, and I know his goal is to bring total health to this sick and broken body. Either way you may get pain, but one causes greater damage to the body than the other.
Thank you to the two lovely women and their thoughts on the body.
Lorene
Something that has been on my mind recently...
I think the biggest weakness of the church and all of us individuals is fear of failure and need for success. We avoid failure like the plague, it seems that we all at some point yearn for the joys of success. Cannot the kingdom of God still be attained, lived, and spread as easily through failure as success? God has often chosen broken, incomplete, completely backwards people to carry out his commands -- Paul, Moses, John the Baptist, Peter, Noah, Jacob.
Could you envision God's kingdom being furthered through your failures? Or have you seen God's kingdom work through past failure?
Kitty,
A tendon does not usually rupture without a major injury....but, it can rupture over time, by being torn bit by bit, ....until it finally severs with great pain and suffering.
The "rupture" requires a very long period of recovery, and will always be a tender spot
This is so true! How often do we little by little get shredded ever so slightly when finally we are weakened and disabled! The good thing even, with disability and poor health, is that we have the opportunity to be healed. Like you said, the recovery is a long time and can be a tender area. Have you ever had an injury and then after rehab, it's just not quite the same? Isn't that so in the body too?
Lorene,
Sometimes it takes quite a few visits and a lot of frustration to get the proper diagnosis and that may lead you to understand that the way to be "healed" is very different than what you thought or wanted to hear.
Good point! We seek out often what we think we need, rather than who we need. Perhaps the way He desires to heal us may differ so completely than what we either want or are willing to go through.
James,
That's such a crucial thing, are we drive to the physican by fear of what it may be or might take to repair, rather than going when the aching begins? We might think we can handle it all.....this need to succeed you suggest. Why would I want to fail? I don't.
I liked your questions though, it's remembering how He worked through our failures that give strength to those in the kingdom. Is the kingdom more advanced by our own recognition of our need for the Great Physician?
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