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Larry Lilly's Letter Tuesday July 26, 2011
Often I comment to some well-meaning critic who wonders why I quote so and so. It's a good question and I am not offended as I learned ages ago, just after dinosaurs ceased prowling the earth, that questions help me to solidify my actions or change them.
All truth is biblical. Are all who state biblical truth biblical? No. Does the fact someone writes or orally states a biblical truth negate the truth? Of course not. God's truth is valid even when an animal such as Balaam's mode of transportation states said truth. I quote one such truth today from the human potential guru, Abraham Maslow:
"The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short."
We who know Jesus love to memorize and quote power scriptures such as Philippians 4:13,
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
When this verse is put into perspective we get the idea, "You know, I could do more or have accomplished more in my allotted time if I had attempted more while trusting Christ to put His strength into me."
I talked with a woman a while ago who wanted to find some miraculous way to get more done. Her case was simple and her inability was not that at all, but a more common problem; she habitually watched TV until the wee hours of the morning and slept a full eight hours and then often took a stab at actually doing something around one of two in the afternoon. From what I know of scripture and life this dear soul was not being robbed by life, she was robbing herself of needed time and opportunity to achieve.
Today, 07-21-11 the heat index is predicted to rise to 120 degrees. Hot. My neighbor right down the street is having his house reroofed. The roofing company pulled up to his house at 5:00 AM, it was sort of fun to watch the workers get out of their truck, tools in hand, climb the ladders and rip off old shingles. From the time the truck doors opened till they were actually working on the roof was three and one half minutes. I wrote they were redoing a roof, actually they were increasing the chance of blessing. The principle is true across the board in life.
Around 9:30 they took a break, so I walked down and asked why the early hour? The foreman said, "Hey, we got kids to feed and bills to pay. The electric company wants their money whether it's hot or cold." With that he and the men hustled back to work.
We Christian's sing with gusto, "We'll work til Jesus comes" but we are not all that thrilled about it. Paul and Maslow are on to something; we sell ourselves short of what we could be and do.
Larry Lilly Copyright © 2011 Use with credit
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