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Saturday, March 25, 2006 Thorns = troubles and trials.Recently our church had our Annual Camp. Each year we have a visiting speaker come and share with us. Some are great, some not so great. This year the speaker could only come on the Saturday, so we had other church members take part for the rest of the time.I wasn't too taken with the speaker this year, but one thing got me thinking. He spoke on the Parable of The Sower (Mat 13) and his theme was "Rootfullness produces Fruitfulness". Now having been brought up in a Christian home and having gone to church my entire life, I've always felt that I pretty much understood this parable. Being somewhat 'pious' I've always thought that I was the classic christian example of the seed that fell on the good ground, where it produces a crop which continually yields more good produce. I think most of us Christians who have travelled the straight and narrow for many years, would think this way. But my wandering thoughts that morning at camp were arrested by what the guest speaker said. He said that most Christians are actually amoung the thorns! That we lose our first love and vitality for the Lord because the worries of this world get us down. The worries of finance, the worries of family, the worries of vocation, temptations, tiredness,busyness, etc. Hmm, maybe I'm not that righteous after all, because these different things do get me down and they affect the way I live my Christian life. How do other people see me? As a person who lives a victorious christian life, or one that is constantly defeated because I worry over the mundane necessities of life? I know I'm very human, and I would rather be seen that way. But do people see the "real me" or what I want them to see? Do I want them to see the 'thorns' that surround me. Of course, we have to be realistic - there's nothing worse than meeting someone who seems to be perpetually 'happy', as it is usually a coverup. But let us acknowledge that life is a struggle at times and the 'thorns' do tend to choke us. Thankfully, we do have the Lord to help us through these 'thorny' times. # posted by shellymac @ 7:49 pm 0 comments
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