Remember when you were a kid, and your parents made you sit at the table until you ate your vegetables? You complained, yelled, tried to hide them, chewed them up and spit them out, and eventually fed them to your dog. Well, maybe you did. I have people in my family who would sit at that bloody table next to you and watch you do it. All I’m going to say is that it takes a rip-off to know a rip off.
The entire time you suffered through that ordeal, you were thinking about toys, video games, frogs and mud. The little joys that vegetables withheld from you, until you managed to make them all disappear were never really enough motivation to eat them, but if you were anything like me, you told your parents,
Anyways, I had a guy in my small group tell me that I’m wasting his time. I’m not necessarily offended, but I have to admit that I was a little shocked! Just like every other opinionated American out there, I think that I have something to offer the world, and so when someone tells me otherwise, it’s always a little like that static shock you get when you try to open your car. It stops you, and if it’s enough, it makes your eyes bug out just a little.
Needless to say, I flogged him with the power cord to my laptop, but between lashings and angry words, I kept wondering if maybe I was doing something wrong, or if my leadership skills had somehow fallen. I never came to a conclusion, as his beating didn’t last for more than a few minutes.
Anyways, I guess it’s up to all of us to make sure that the people we surround ourselves with are building us up, making us smarter, and hopefully aren’t leaving any scars. This guy is the same one that was the church ho , who also happened to enjoy holding hands , so I feel like I have made an impact in his life, and perhaps now it’s time to move on. I just can’t figure out how it works; how can we know when to move on, or when to stay? I’m not a fan of people leaving churches because they feel like their time is being wasted, so is it the same for a small group? I know that sensitivity to what the spirit is saying is the only solution, but I’m convinced that not everybody listens.
On the other hand, maybe it’s been good for him, and he just doesn’t like it. I kind of see myself as fulfilling that role in a lot of Christian’s lives; they don’t think they can stomach me, but they don’t understand the good that I’m trying to bring about in their lives. I promise, I’m not being facetious or prideful when I make that statement.
