My morning devotion led me to the passage in Matthew 20 where the mother of James and John presumptuously assumed her babies were worthy of more than they were....
Mom presumed her babies were above the other boys.....
And they should sit in the places of honor on either side of the Lord when he came to his kingdom....
The Lord was careful to tell Mom that the positions she was asking for her babies were not intended for them....
However He also included that because she was overly presumptuous that her boys would suffer persecution.....
But the matter did not stop there....
Rather this presumptuous naivety of a self centered mom would effect the boys negatively in that the other diciples would grow angry with her sons.....
The unfolding scenario is simply the overly aggressive desires of a presumptuous mom was going to cause undo suffering in her children later in life....
To compound the problem....
The mom's aggression was clothed in spiritual desires.....
Why do we parents become blind to the weakness of our own children....
Why do we parents become blind to our own weakness.....
Tracie and I had a personal rule while our kids were young....The rules always applied to them and never never never would we ask for personal favors for Redonia or Trent....
We felt shortcuts in childhood only made for long detours in adulthood.....
My blogger friend....
The principle shared here is true for each of us....
Shortcuts are never shortcuts....
Rather dead ends....
That cause undo suffering in the future of those whom travelled them.....
Blessings...
rks
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4 comments:
Great post...and great pictures.
Good stuff Pastor, I agree!
Good stuff!
that is some great "blogging".
I liked the God Syndrome as well. Three Thumbs Up!
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