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Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 21:46:07
Strung Out
![]() Picture a paddle with an elastic string and at the end of that string a little rubber ball.The paddle hits the ball. The ball having been hit, shoots outward…but the string pulls it back. The paddle hits it again. It soars off in the distance. It is drawn back again. Over and over this happens, a childs toy, no matter how hard the ball is hit. Until finally, the ball breaks free and sails off.. See the Yo-yo? It's deftly twirling up and down its string like a spider. Down and up. Up and down. Doing amazing tricks. Until it makes its last descent and lies still at the end of the string. Visualize a spinning top, just released from its stringed catapult. Whirling frantically on its minuscule point. Then. Slowly, imperceptibly at first, it begins to wobble, lose its momentum and wildly spins out of control, rolls and comes to rest…all spun out. Tell me. Do you see addiction? Do you see an addict? I see Me? Do you see You?
Saturday, March 14, 2009 - 13:52:57
Sin That So Easily Entangles
I told myself I would never steal, but I did. I swore to myself I would never be unfaithful to my spouse, but I was. I exclaimed that I would never use drugs! Yet, again and again and again I did! Said I would never lie, cheat, deceive, hurt, or disappoint, but I was unable or unwilling to do it. Powerless. A slave to sin (Read Romans 7)
Saturday, March 14, 2009 - 13:22:48
Another Run
I remember visiting a place called Low Falls, a small waterfall in upstate NY. There was a rope tied to a tree that was used to swing over a pool of water at the bottom of the falls. People were swinging on it and jumping in. It looked like a lot of fun. So I decided to try it. But I didn't want to jump in because I was fully dressed. I grabbed the rope and looked over the ledge, it was about two stories high. I, however, was about 10 times higher - on marijuana! I swung out and came back to the perch. It was so nice I had to do it twice. On the way back to the rocky ledge, I missed my footing and swung out again, this time on a different trajectory.
Monday, February 16, 2009 - 17:46:02
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