Friday! Proverbs!
Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.
Proverbs 14:4 ESV
Interesting!
The manger, the feed trough, the barn, it's clean, pristine, because there's no cattle, no oxen.
But if you want a good crop, a good harvest you need the beast to pull the plow...
So...the thing you want, the harvest, it's messy to produce it, there's a price to pay.
In our lives if we want to see a spiritual harvest, life is going to get messy. If you let the massive powerful oxen of God's spirit into your life to work out His harvest, your life won't be as pristine & clean & tidy...
Loving people can messy up our plans...are we up for that?
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...four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They couldn't bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, so they dug a hole through the roof above his head. Then they lowered the man on his mat, right down in front of Jesus... Mark 2:3-4 NLT Great account of inventiveness and determination to get their friend to see Jesus. Love this. Do you wonder about the back story? Are these the same 4 people who bring this man food? Take him to the toilet every day. Clean him up. Does he live with one of them? Are they family? Are there whole families or groups of people in the background who have supported and cared for this man? A group of children who grew up seeing their parents love in action? Probably. Healing Help Hope These things are found in community. These 4 guys are the heroes here. The upfront people. One day it will be interesting to see who the background heroes are. #loveinaction #community #inthistogether #walkingeachotherhome #gospelofmark
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