Coming to Terms
Jerry Watts
Matthew 16:13-19 / Revelation 2:1-7
What would you do and how would your feel if you faced this situation? A close friend was obviously dying, all the signs and symptoms in his/her life pointed to their impending death. What if this was complicated by the fact that all they had to do to live was to change their lifestyle? Can you imagine a person with an allergy to peanuts, eating peanuts 3 times a week? That type of allergy will send the body in to anaphylactic shock. That shock constricts airways and is life-threatening. But what if because they 'loved' the peanuts and they felt that nuts were good for them, so they just kept on eating them? How would you feel and what would you do?
How long would you watch them suffer before taking action? What kind of action would you take? You do have a couple of choices; 1) you can abandon them. The truth is that some people say, ''It hurts so bad to see them suffer that I can no longer watch, so I will walk away'', and by the way, some people take this course of action. Or 2) you can intervene. Intervention has, by its nature, some major inherent risks. It risks relationship, friendships, and more. The AandE TV channel had a show, that ran for 13 or 14 seasons, named ''Intervention'' (although I've not been a viewer, I have researched it), and discovered that this is tough work. Most of the time when you intervene, the subject doesn't even recognize there is a problem. His/her life is spinning out of control and will soon crash, but they think all is well. We look at a person like that and ask, ''How can they think all is well? Look at how dysfunctional their lives really are. How can they think everything is okay and they'll be okay?'' We cannot conceive how they cannot see the danger they are in. Candidly to be helped, not only must they come to see it, but if they desire to continue to live, they must come to terms with their status (or lot) in life and be willing to change.
In thi ...
Jerry Watts
Matthew 16:13-19 / Revelation 2:1-7
What would you do and how would your feel if you faced this situation? A close friend was obviously dying, all the signs and symptoms in his/her life pointed to their impending death. What if this was complicated by the fact that all they had to do to live was to change their lifestyle? Can you imagine a person with an allergy to peanuts, eating peanuts 3 times a week? That type of allergy will send the body in to anaphylactic shock. That shock constricts airways and is life-threatening. But what if because they 'loved' the peanuts and they felt that nuts were good for them, so they just kept on eating them? How would you feel and what would you do?
How long would you watch them suffer before taking action? What kind of action would you take? You do have a couple of choices; 1) you can abandon them. The truth is that some people say, ''It hurts so bad to see them suffer that I can no longer watch, so I will walk away'', and by the way, some people take this course of action. Or 2) you can intervene. Intervention has, by its nature, some major inherent risks. It risks relationship, friendships, and more. The AandE TV channel had a show, that ran for 13 or 14 seasons, named ''Intervention'' (although I've not been a viewer, I have researched it), and discovered that this is tough work. Most of the time when you intervene, the subject doesn't even recognize there is a problem. His/her life is spinning out of control and will soon crash, but they think all is well. We look at a person like that and ask, ''How can they think all is well? Look at how dysfunctional their lives really are. How can they think everything is okay and they'll be okay?'' We cannot conceive how they cannot see the danger they are in. Candidly to be helped, not only must they come to see it, but if they desire to continue to live, they must come to terms with their status (or lot) in life and be willing to change.
In thi ...
There are 10975 characters in the full content. This excerpt only shows a 2000 character sample of the full content.
Price: $5.99 or 1 credit
