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The uncertain soldier in the Civil War, figuring to play it safe, dressed himself in a blue coat and gray pants and tiptoed out onto the field of battle.
He got shot from both directions!
We are walking down the street and we meet someone coming towards us...and we recognize them even though we don't know them.
We are walking down the street and we meet someone coming towards us...and we recognize them even though we don't know them.
And at first we wonder how that could be...and then we have a revelation...we understand...they are one more of the great army of Conformist...and we watch them closely and they are surrounded by other followers who stand for everything while standing for every thing...and we began to weep for we look at our reflection in the window of a store we are passing by...and we ask ourselves...when we take a stand for right and righteousness..when did we make the world a better place...when did we hear the voice of God and respond.
Dr. Joseph Newton in his biography maintains that there are four things we can do with our lives.
1. we can run away from it••• or try.
2. we can run with it, hunt with the Pack, think with the herd, . in obedience to the phrase •••everbody is doing it so why shouldn't I.
3. ~we can submit ourselves to some discipline and run with it to some dedicated end. "
4. we can give ourselves to some cause or person and let it run our life.
In which of these four do you believe ,the majority of our society falls.
The second, I fear.
We run with the herd. Like a chameleon we change Our colors with the environment.
Like a stick in a stream we go with the current, caught in an eddy whirled about, carried on, and finally ending up listless in some stagnant pool, but not alone, for there is much company.
And for a conformist that "is good, aloneness is something to be avoided at any price.
To become a leader do you have to conform. When the world has been lifted to some higher level, has it been by conformist.
Peter died crucified upside down because he had a message and would not conform.
Paul stood on Mars hill and experienced the sneers of his philosophical listeners because he was not conforming to what they wanted spoken of...and certainly not of Christ.
And so they have stood and spoken and done and sometimes died, those brave souls who had not just a goal but a mission...and gave it their very best...indeed gave it their all.
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POSTED ON WYRICK'S WRITING SUNDAY MARCH 20TH THOUGHTS ENTITLED "Are You a Peacemaker or Peacebreaker?" (Continuation of Series)
Proverbs 14:17 gives a pretty good reason to be a Peacemaker rather than Peacebreaker … "A quick-tempered man does foolish things." And who wants to be called an angry fool?
With such careless ease we say, “I lost my temper.” But have you ever stopped to think of the implications behind that phrase. Lose it often enough and the results can be disastrous; for that is the way people lose their spouses and jobs and health and opportunities and...the list is long.
POSTED ON WYRICK'S WRITING SUNDAY MARCH 18TH THOUGHTS ENTITLED "Arrogance and Humility' (Series Continued)
If you were asked, "What is the most important discovery or accomplishment in your life? " how would you answer the question?
POSTED ON WYRICK'S WRITING THURSDAY MARCH 15TH THOUGHTS ENTITLED "What Do You Want from Jesus?"
Do you want from Jesus all the joy that can be gained from fully accepting the fact that you are truly the child of a King? So that when you die you will not have to ask that someone write on your tombstone, “Born a human being, died a question mark.”
POSTED ON WYRICK'S WRITING TUESDAY MARCH 13TH THOUGHTS ENTITLED "Are you a Peacemaker or a Peacebreaker?"
Someone has said that peace is merely that brief, glorious, moment in history when everyone stops to reload their weapons.
POSTED ON WYRICK'S WRITING SUNDAY MARCH 13TH THOUGHTS ENTITLED ""Arrogance and Humility
When a company takes over another company, there is often a sign placed outside the premises announcing, UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT.
Such a sign accurately summarizes what takes place in Christian conversions. When Christ takes over a life, that life is literally under new management.
So consider, is God now managing your pride? Or is your pride still managing you?
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