listening to rock n roll and smoking cigarettes, while completely ignoring far worse dangers. And yeah, trashy music and smoking are things a child of God doesn't need cluttering up his or her life/space. As with like 99% of preachers, he did touch upon unsavory friends and relatives. Oh, but not a word concerning the very real and treacherous people of ones own household.
An incident yesterday. Don't know the particulars, and don't want to know. All's i know is, the woman just wants to do her job, and do it well, so she can continue doing what needs to be done in her household. Btw, she has some health issues, and evidently, no wonder. Some sort of family drama; someone, evidently, refuses to cowboy up; so, right in the middle of an important e-meeting, she had to take an "emergency" phone call. Oh yea, she was very upset, and could barely keep her temper in check.
Well i guess so!
Have seen this sort of shiola play out before. When i worked on 7...the woman - you could just tell - was trying to do her job. But of course, her mental space was cluttered with other people's drama; ya know, the same INGRATE types who'd really pitch a freak fit, if the woman (i.e., work mule) lost her job.
So, how's this all relate with guarding one's heart? Well, if preachers would step up to the plate, and do their job... Number One: they'd actually study the Word. They love to go on and on, preaching about Jesus telling us to "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;" (Matthew 5:44). But where does Jesus, or any of his apostles - or Old Testament prophets - tell us to keep on allowing our enemies access into our personal business? Where does Scripture tell us to keep on inviting cousin drunk-drama to our cookouts? WHERE??? Where does Scripture tell mom to keep on looking the other way, while her won't-leave-the-nest son, or daughter, keeps a crack inventory in a bottom drawer or cupboard - along with other annoying clutter.
Uhm, what about Scripture that tells us to "rebuke" things like dealing drugs? Know i read somewhere in the Bible, that we're supposed to call people on their foolishness (sins). Oh no, too often, mom, sitting under the preaching, will more or less be told, over and over again, to "deny self." Uhm, what the heck has she been denying herself all these years? A clutter-free apartment? A pocketbook free from thieving grimey fingers?
Nope. From what she's been hearing, simply wanting a tantrum-free home-life is selfish. It's like she's supposed to just shut the %#÷& up, and fork over the tithe - when she can barely make the rent. And there's $40 missing from her ... wherever she keeps her money, in her apartment. Happened before - surprised?
She hasn't been to church lately, just doesn't feel like going.
Well, i wonder why :/
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