FATHER FORGIVE THEM (1 OF 7)
by Tony Thomas
Scripture: Luke 23:26, Luke 23:32-35
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Father Forgive Them (1 of 7)
Series: Cries from the Cross
Tony Thomas
Luke 23: 26, 32-35
Last fall we intended to take a trip east to Boston and Philadelphia but both of our fathers are ''elderly.'' My father is ninety-one and my father-in-law is eighty-nine, and both of them got sick the weekend prior to our trip. So, instead of heading east we drove west to Oklahoma for several days, and then we drove north to Wabash to check in on Christie's Dad - because the most direct route to Wabash, IN is through Miami, Oklahoma!
Our plans now are to go east for Spring Break. Anybody else have plans over spring break? I'd love to know where you're headed, but what I really want to know is this: anybody taking a ''Guilt Trip?''
Most of us take that trip frequently, but God did not create us to live with guilt. There's an old myth that says, ''Feeling guilty makes me more spiritual,'' but that's just plain wrong! Guilt is not required for holiness. Guilt messes with your mind, your body, and your relationships. Guilt causes us to worry. We worry because we're afraid that people will discover who we really are.
Are you familiar with the name Arthur Conan Doyle? Doyle wrote all of the Sherlock Holmes novels, and he was a bit of a prankster! He once sent an anonymous note to fifty friends that read, ''I know what you did on holiday, and if you're smart you'll flee at once.'' He says that half of them left the country immediately!
Guilt robs us from the ability to enjoy life because we realize that eventually we will be judged by God for our sins. Jesus said in Matthew 12:36, ''Each of us will give an account on judgment day for every idle word.''
I have to admit that I'm guilty of using idle words. Sometimes I say ''gosh'' instead of ''God.'' I have said ''dang'' instead of ''damn'' (I hope my ''elderly'' father never reads this!). And I've said ''shoot'' instead of that word the Journal Review quoted me as saying in their basketball story several years a ...
Series: Cries from the Cross
Tony Thomas
Luke 23: 26, 32-35
Last fall we intended to take a trip east to Boston and Philadelphia but both of our fathers are ''elderly.'' My father is ninety-one and my father-in-law is eighty-nine, and both of them got sick the weekend prior to our trip. So, instead of heading east we drove west to Oklahoma for several days, and then we drove north to Wabash to check in on Christie's Dad - because the most direct route to Wabash, IN is through Miami, Oklahoma!
Our plans now are to go east for Spring Break. Anybody else have plans over spring break? I'd love to know where you're headed, but what I really want to know is this: anybody taking a ''Guilt Trip?''
Most of us take that trip frequently, but God did not create us to live with guilt. There's an old myth that says, ''Feeling guilty makes me more spiritual,'' but that's just plain wrong! Guilt is not required for holiness. Guilt messes with your mind, your body, and your relationships. Guilt causes us to worry. We worry because we're afraid that people will discover who we really are.
Are you familiar with the name Arthur Conan Doyle? Doyle wrote all of the Sherlock Holmes novels, and he was a bit of a prankster! He once sent an anonymous note to fifty friends that read, ''I know what you did on holiday, and if you're smart you'll flee at once.'' He says that half of them left the country immediately!
Guilt robs us from the ability to enjoy life because we realize that eventually we will be judged by God for our sins. Jesus said in Matthew 12:36, ''Each of us will give an account on judgment day for every idle word.''
I have to admit that I'm guilty of using idle words. Sometimes I say ''gosh'' instead of ''God.'' I have said ''dang'' instead of ''damn'' (I hope my ''elderly'' father never reads this!). And I've said ''shoot'' instead of that word the Journal Review quoted me as saying in their basketball story several years a ...
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