Andy © says:
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Thanks
A.A.!
I love
your firsthand witness story re being a true cowboy! Thanks!
I agree
with you re where our focus must be, and re the importance of not failing to
recognize where the problems, the ditches, are.
From
time to time, and over and over again, I find myself being accused, in Sabbath
School, in this forum, and elsewhere, of not staying close enough to the focus
of the study…
When do
these accusations occur? Is it not as a rule when I am putting my finger on a
sore spot, that is, when I am connecting the real time events, the sins in our
beingness, to that which is indeed being truly symbolized and taught by that
which is indeed the focus of such a study?! Thus, isn’t that, excommunication
etc., exactly what we have been focusing on so much within this very thread,
within this very blog, and yet, by writing a paragraph like this one, why do I
find reason for fearing that it might be edited out, that is, in essence the
same as I myself being in effect, and to that extent, excommunicated from my
participation in a forum such as this is… Now, I must hasten to add my
appreciation to Stephen for not himself thus far having given me cause for such
concerns. Thanks Stephen!
Now, if I am that cowboy on that horse of yours, suppose I just
keep riding along while focusing upon the stars above and in front of me, while
ignoring the heroes that have fallen off their horses and who are caught in the
mud, am I not then likely to have my horse step upon those heroes and to injure
them even more, or even to kill them? Isn’t there something of lasting value in
the idea of perceiving the reflections of those stars above me in the eyes of
those poor injured peers of mine, that is, to the effect that I might be to
them rather one serving in the capacity of that Samaritan of whom Jesus spoke
in his parable? Cf. Luke 10:30-37. Or
doesn’t that apply even here and now in this very Sabbath School forum?
And,
once again, thank you Dexter for having brought up the light inherent in that
muddy story re Achan’s sin!
Consider
it! Selah!
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