The lesson from lesson eleven. (updated)
I'm such an idiot, but in my defense, it's not my fault sometimes. In those sometimes, God in His wisdom chooses the right time to show me the error; usually after learning a lesson. That happened to me this week and I didn't see it until this morning.
Since Wednesday, I've been meaning to write a blog post about ignoring lesson eleven in my class "Caring for God's People". I mentioned it in passing the other day. Last Saturday, the instructor for that day wrote something down on the board. It's a saying that reads something like "The worst reconciliation is better than the best divorce."
Ouch!
I met a man on Sunday at church. After we talked a bit, I promised I'd pray for him all week. I've been faithful to that promise but it wasn't until listening to a classmate give her report that I realized what I'd been doing is using lesson eleven on reconciliation all week.
What I'd been praying for, in a very real way, was this man to be reconciled to God. That's lesson eleven. What I thought i'd been putting off was not in God's plan. Not letting me see it was. The man is angry at God. I'm praying God will show up in that man's life so the man won't be angry at God and be drawn to Him. That's reconciliation.
I told you I was an idiot.
There are two lessons I learned:
1--There's a forest out there in them there trees
2--Sometimes it ain't about me
The Caring for God's People class is only one in a series of modules. The really neat thing about taking this course is that I've been able to use something I've learned from each class every week. My laugh yesterday was when the Vine Institute guys announced that the next class they're offering is all about stewardship.
Gee, imagine that.
Since Wednesday, I've been meaning to write a blog post about ignoring lesson eleven in my class "Caring for God's People". I mentioned it in passing the other day. Last Saturday, the instructor for that day wrote something down on the board. It's a saying that reads something like "The worst reconciliation is better than the best divorce."
Ouch!
I met a man on Sunday at church. After we talked a bit, I promised I'd pray for him all week. I've been faithful to that promise but it wasn't until listening to a classmate give her report that I realized what I'd been doing is using lesson eleven on reconciliation all week.
What I'd been praying for, in a very real way, was this man to be reconciled to God. That's lesson eleven. What I thought i'd been putting off was not in God's plan. Not letting me see it was. The man is angry at God. I'm praying God will show up in that man's life so the man won't be angry at God and be drawn to Him. That's reconciliation.
I told you I was an idiot.
There are two lessons I learned:
1--There's a forest out there in them there trees
2--Sometimes it ain't about me
The Caring for God's People class is only one in a series of modules. The really neat thing about taking this course is that I've been able to use something I've learned from each class every week. My laugh yesterday was when the Vine Institute guys announced that the next class they're offering is all about stewardship.
Gee, imagine that.
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