Re: thought
Posted by: grosey2 <grosey2@...>
illustration prompted me:
He spoke of a fellow who was renting a house by a river, a beautiful place
to raise a family. It had a great cellar, in which he housed his prize
chickens. One day a one in 40 year flood came up and filled his cellar. The
chooks drowned. He grew so angry he told the Real Estate agent . "I'm
moving! All my prize chickens have drowned. What else would you expect me
to do?" The Real Estate agent wisely said "Try Ducks!"
When we as pastors strike a difficult church member, we feel like quitting.
But look at all the blessings we miss out on by moving (if you had a house
by a river, your kids would miss growing up by the river, you'd miss
throwing a line in evrey day.) We tend to move so fast when there's a little
damp in the congregation that we miss out on all the rich blessings that we
have in that location. Our kids lose their school friends, and we miss the
blessings of growing through difficulties.
----- Original Message -----
From: <jmichaelwalls@juno.com>
To: <pastormail@welovegod.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 8:48 AM
Subject: [PastorMail] thought
> I saw this on a notebook at the nursing home some time back. "Some
> people quit and leave and others quit and stay."
> I was thinking of how this can fit in churches or even preachers.
> Some quit church and leave; others quit and stay. Those who quit and
> stay usually hurt worse because you watch them die on the vine so to
> speak and they can not discern their quitting and staying.
> Just a thought.
>
> Pastor Mike Walls
> Freedom Baptist Church Smithfield, NC
> All scriptures are King James Bible
> Isa. 41:10
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