A WIN - WIN SOLUTION (3 OF 4)
Scripture: Philemon 8
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Title: A Win - Win Solution (3 of 4)
Series: The Book Of Philemon
Author: Collin Wimberly
Text: Philemon 8-16
CIT - Paul appeals to Philemon to receive Onesimus.
INTRODUCTION:
Terry Dobson was a student of Aikido, a Japanese art of self-defense. Aikido is a practice of reconciliation, not retaliation. Though Terry excelled in practice, he had never had to use the art outside of class. He was confident, but it looked as if he would never have an opportunity to test his skill, until a spring day on a Tokyo train.
At one station a large drunk staggered into the car. He was screaming, and began swinging at some seated passengers. He came inches from landing a violent kick into the back of an elderly woman.
Without hesitation Terry faced the man, convinced he could bring the drunk down in minutes.
But suddenly, a small old Japanese man called out to the drunk. "Hey, come here, what cha been drinking?
Sake - the man replied.
Oh, that's wonderful the old man replied. I love sake too. Every night me and my wife warm up a little bottle of sake and take it out into the garden and sit on an old wooden bench and look to see how our persimmon tree is doing. My great-grandfather planted that tree, and we worry about whether it will recover from the ice stroms last winter. The old man went on - the drunk said, I love persimmons too . . . .
Terry watched as the gentle old man disarmed a volatile situation. Before long the drunk was crying in the man's arms, telling him of his despair, the death of his wife, the loss of his job, the shame he felt when he drank.
The last Terry saw of the two, the drunk was sprawled out on the seat with his head in the old man's lap. The old man was softly stroking his filthy matter hair.
As the train pulled away, I sad down on a bench in the station. What I had wanted to do with muscle had been accomplished with kind words. I had just seen Aikido in action, and the essence of it was love.
What a beaut ...
Series: The Book Of Philemon
Author: Collin Wimberly
Text: Philemon 8-16
CIT - Paul appeals to Philemon to receive Onesimus.
INTRODUCTION:
Terry Dobson was a student of Aikido, a Japanese art of self-defense. Aikido is a practice of reconciliation, not retaliation. Though Terry excelled in practice, he had never had to use the art outside of class. He was confident, but it looked as if he would never have an opportunity to test his skill, until a spring day on a Tokyo train.
At one station a large drunk staggered into the car. He was screaming, and began swinging at some seated passengers. He came inches from landing a violent kick into the back of an elderly woman.
Without hesitation Terry faced the man, convinced he could bring the drunk down in minutes.
But suddenly, a small old Japanese man called out to the drunk. "Hey, come here, what cha been drinking?
Sake - the man replied.
Oh, that's wonderful the old man replied. I love sake too. Every night me and my wife warm up a little bottle of sake and take it out into the garden and sit on an old wooden bench and look to see how our persimmon tree is doing. My great-grandfather planted that tree, and we worry about whether it will recover from the ice stroms last winter. The old man went on - the drunk said, I love persimmons too . . . .
Terry watched as the gentle old man disarmed a volatile situation. Before long the drunk was crying in the man's arms, telling him of his despair, the death of his wife, the loss of his job, the shame he felt when he drank.
The last Terry saw of the two, the drunk was sprawled out on the seat with his head in the old man's lap. The old man was softly stroking his filthy matter hair.
As the train pulled away, I sad down on a bench in the station. What I had wanted to do with muscle had been accomplished with kind words. I had just seen Aikido in action, and the essence of it was love.
What a beaut ...
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