Do you know anyone who has “tried every thing” but has failed
to demonstrate much success in life? Some of the obvious “every things”
are: “I’ve tried every diet but nothing works for me”, “I exercise but
nothing seems to happen”, “I just don’t have the time to (fill in the
blank)” all of which are nonsense since even though a diet’s food
regimen may be unrealistic, every diet works if it is adhered to and I
don’t care what the ads say, 20 minutes a day 3 times a week is not
going to give you ripped abs and we always find the time for the things
we really want to do. Picture a perpetual bricklayer toiling to build a
wall and then tearing it down at the end of each day, working very hard but
in the end accomplishing nothing. The previous examples may be troublesome but they
only set the tone for the truly destructive. “I have read the
Bible but how do I know who wrote it and besides it’s contradictory”,
“I’ve prayed but nothing happens, so either God is punishing me, doesn‘t
care or isn‘t there” are rhetorical death traps, entire crews of
perpetual bricklayers at work.
“Faith without work
is dead.” By inviting God in and then slamming the door in His face,
dialing His number and hanging up as soon as the connection is made, is
it any wonder so many fail to demonstrate? Surrender the yeah buts, the you
don’t understands, the shoulda, coulda, wouldas, the contempt prior to
investigation and all the other bulwarks of self centered fear that
justifies in our consciousness the use of the rhetorical sledgehammer to
tear down our work. Pick up the bricklayers trowel and build a
relationship with God and when you find the sledge hammer in your hand,
drop it immediately and reaffirm God’s love and light by practicing the
Presence of God where the fear is. Soon a wonderful spiritual structure
will take shape to sustain you, the sledge hammer all but forgotten.
© Vincent Lee Jones Living In Spirit
All Rights Reserved
The Secret, Wayne Dyer, Recovery,
Addiction, Zen, Emmet Fox, Opioids, NA, Four Agreements, Chopra, Heroin,
Einstein, AA, McRaven, Healing Path
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