Lance wrote: > ... whoops! not your wife as you described her > as a worrier ...
No, Lance. My wife is not a worrier. I said that she joked with people about it. She sees lack of worry as one of my strengths, and that is how she communicates it to people in a way that is not bragadocious. The last time she taught the ladies at church, it was on how worry is a sin and how to avoid it. She struggles with the temptation to worry more than I do, so she sometimes feels like she has to worry for both of us because she knows that I will not be rocked by circumstances. You have to understand that my wife is the one in the family who remembers and tells jokes on cue. When Caroline taught on worry, she told the following story to illustrate her point that worry is not profitable: ------------ A woman brought a very limp duck in to a veterinary surgeon. As she lay her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird's chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook his head sadly and said, "I'm so sorry, your duck has passed away." The distressed owner wailed, "Are you sure?" "Yes, I am sure. The duck is dead," he replied. "How can you be so sure," she protested. "I mean, you haven't done any testing on him or anything. He might just be in a coma or something." The vet rolled his eyes, turned around and left the room, and returned a few moments later with a black labrador retriever. As the duck's owner looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his front paws on the examination table, and sniffed the duck from top to bottom. He then looked at the vet with sad eyes and shook his head. The vet patted the dog and took it out, and returned a few moments later with a cat. The cat jumped up on the table and also sniffed delicately at the bird from head to foot. The cat sat back on it's haunches, shook its head, meowed softly, and strolled out of the room. The vet looked at the woman and said, "I'm sorry, but as I said, this is most definitely, 100 percent certifiably, a dead duck." Then the vet turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys and produced a bill, which he handed to the woman. The duck's owner, still in shock, took the bill. "$150!", she cried, "$150 just to tell me my duck is dead!!" The vet shrugged. "I'm sorry, madam. You should have taken my word about it. My opinion was only $20 but the tests you ordered, the lab report and the cat scan, brought the bill to $150.00." ---------------------------- I hope you don't think the story is true, Lance. It's a joke, just like Caroline telling people she has to worry for both of us is a joke. Lance wrote: > IFF (unthinkable for you, I know) you have not > interpreted Scripture correctly on this point, then > you, David, have generated a TRADITION. Whether I was right or wrong would have nothing to do with whether or not I generate a tradition by teaching this. I do generate a tradition of walking in righteousness by teaching this. I agree. Lance wrote: > Further, many will experience unimaginable frustration > over their inability to attain to the unattainable. Further > yet, you (should this scenario be correct) you will have > been deceived. Even further, one could not but wonder > at the source of this deception, could one? I find that people who hear me are greatly liberated from their sin to serve a living God with joy and liberty. They do not experience the frustration of Romans 7 that you are describing here. That is the whole point. The law causes frustration to the person in the flesh, but the person who is not under the law but in the Spirit experiences liberty. Peace be with you. David Miller. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
