Ahhhhhh shades of Monty Python. (dead bird sketch - one of their best)
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: July 07, 2005 17:05 Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] All believers are ONE IN CHRIST > 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. ---------- "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.
