Monday Morning Scatter Shooting
Monday morning scatter shooting while wondering why
all the gold in California is in a bank in the middle of Beverly Hills. Does
this seem like sane finical planning to you?
I was reading an
article this week about how no one mails out bulletins anymore. It lamented how many good thoughts and idea are
no longer spread this way. I understand
that sentiment. I used to read twenty or
thirty different bulletins a week that came into the office. But over the years
it dwindled to just four or five. The
Postal service with its rate increase and every changing bulk mail requirement
has effectively killed the effort. My new
replacement is Twitter and the blog sphere. Lots of good preacher will link to their writings.
It never ceases to amaze me how many good idea I get from these posts.
Sometimes I blatantly use the CASE method (Copy And Steal Everything) other
times one line will take me into a totally new direction. Ideas are like viruses they are catching and
every changing. I hope those that do
this don’t quit. The messages you are sending out are helping others, even if
you don’t see the result.
Once when I was in a psychology class, we were studying group influence on the
individual. My buddies and I got the idea to see if we could convince someone
that they were sick. So for the next several hours, we keep asking a kid “if he
felt OK because he looked kind of sick.”
It was very subtle and none of us did it more than once but about six of
us said it to him that morning. He went home sick during 6th period.[1]
Peer pressure is a powerful thing. Maybe
we should us it for good. What if Christian people got together to encourage
someone to do something great! (Ex. Let all see if we can get the person scared
to talk in front of people to do a devo or see if we can get that one class
that is struggling to be full by next week) A little positive nudging can go a long way.[2]
Have you ever experienced the over curser? That person that isn't upset or ranting, yet
every third word out of their mouth is a swear word. It is way too common, for me at least. I was
filling up the car with gas and the person at the next pump was cursing away to
his friend. All I could think is I am
glad that my kids were not with me. When
did this become acceptable? The concept
of decency and respect are slipping away in our society. But is my language any better? I may not be an
over curser but how does my language affect other? It is demeaning, cruel,
critical, negative? I can’t help but think
of Ephesians 4:29 Let no unwholesome word proceed from your
mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of
the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.
Finally, a group of couples were eating breakfast together.
The youngest couple watched as the older couples did little things to show their
love for each other. One husband looked
to his wife and asked “Could you pass me the sugar, sugar” She smiled and passed the bowl. The other
husband leaned over to his spouse and said, “Could you pass the honey, honey”
She smiled and passed it to him. The youngest wife exclaimed, “I wish my
husband would do something like that for me” The youngest husband though for a moment,
then spoke, “Could you pass me some bacon, you fat pig!”
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