HOOFING OUR INVENTORY: Part Two
Thursday, June 05, 2014
John [GW] 8:34-36 Jesus answered them, "I can
guarantee this truth: Whoever lives a sinful life is a slave to sin. 35 A slave
doesn't live in the home forever, but a son does. 36 So if the Son sets you
free, you will be absolutely free.
A young daughter
asked her mom to teach her how to fix her delicious pot roast with potatoes,
carrots, and onions. After doing so, and
family raving about what a wonderful meal she accomplished, they began the
cleanup.
As they worked
the daughter asked several more questions on preparing the meal. The mother was
able to sufficiently answer all but one: “Why did you cut the end of the pot
roast off before placing in the pan?”
“That’s the way
my mother did It.” responded the mom.
By nature a
curious female, the daughter brought the question up repeatedly in the
following weeks. Finally the mom said “We’ll ask Grandma when we visit her in
the retirement home next week.”
When asked,
Granny smiled humorously, saying “Your Granpa loved Sunday pot roast but he was
too cheap to buy a larger pan!”
Which reminds me
of another story …
The Iron Curtain
along the Czech-German border consisted of 3 parallel electric fences that were
patrolled by shoot-to-kill armed guards that were rewarded for enforcement and
punished for laxness. This barrier prevented people and the beloved red deer
population from crossing over.
Thanks to the relentless
courageous efforts of President Ronald Reagan and others, in 1989 the fences
came down . . . but the red deer then and until this day will not cross the
border. Most remarkable is the present herd is generations beyond seeing the
peril of the fences, but continues to mindlessly follow the pattern of their
ancestors.
These descriptions
have me wondering about if and where I may be bound by old small pots and long gone
fences.
Do you too wonder
about this in your life? EBB4
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