11 September 2007
Accountability — Continued…
Ok, it’s late, but I’m going to get this in under the wire. I would have posted this earlier, but my little boy and girl were holding me accountable (buzz) to family time.
Everyone is asleep now except for me, the midnight blogger.
So, I mentioned a better way.
Here it is.
WAIT!
Let’s have some fun with it. Maybe you can figure it out with these clues.
The wrong way was practiced often and unsuccessfully by the Pharisees in Jesus’ days here on earth.
The right way was practiced by Mother Teresa all of her adult life.
The wrong way is practiced by denominations (officially) about once or twice each year.
The right way is being lived out by pastors in groups of 2 to 10 or even 15 on an almost daily basis.
The wrong way often looks cleaner and more structured.
The right way can appear ‘off the cuff’ or even haphazard.
The wrong way eventually pushes people away.
The right way embraces those same people.
The wrong way always involves ‘lists,’ and ‘appearances.’
The right way usually does not.
The wrong way is practiced by those who claim to have it all together like these folks, and these folks.
The right way always involves humility like these folks.
The wrong way definitely ‘looks better’ to the critics and religious folks.
The right way may not even get noticed by these same people.
Are you seeing a pattern?
No?
Come on, it’s right there!
Tell you what, I’ll let you sleep on it. Maybe when you’re fresh in the morning after your 4:00 am quiet time you’ll see it. As for me, I’m going to bed.
3 Comments currently posted.
Mark Cianciosa says:
Jay Foreman says:
Only one up??? all asleep??? NOT. I’m in Las Vegas (working…gimme a break guys) I finished my Humanities and Sin class at 11:45pm http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/ttp/courses/HS/00
then went to eat 1/2 slab of ribs for $5.95… hey, it’s Vegas baby.
now I’m back in the room, tucking in for the nite…. after I check on Rob’s blog of course…
So I am the 1st to admit that I’ve done many a thing the wrong way..(see above) it just get’s ya deeper in the Poo Poo (can I say that?) but when you get yourself a real mentor… they see right thru it. then they love ya with their bounce back questions that make you stop dead in your tracks and be real….not wrong real, but God knows real. THAT’s God’s grace for you. Because He loves you…
Now I can go to bed. I’ll check in with ya;ll from Ft. Lauderdale tomorrow night. after I go out and get a fresh bagel with some lox, a slice of Bermuda (onion) and a schmear (that’s cream cheese for all you gentiles).
In His awesome love, Jay
Lynn Tolbert says:
Why am I always amazed that when I spend more time with The One True Accountability Partner in my life, I learn more and more ways in which my life SHOULD(it’s a choice) reflect His Glory and not my own?
Lynn Tolbert : )
Well … at least you are having fun with this … and I stayed up to check this blog one more time … nite Rob … In HIS Service, Mark