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I hate it when the readings and one's inspiration aren't quite in sync.

I'm going for Hebrews this week; 'faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.' I want to get them thinking a little bit about what they actually hope for, like really hope, enough to make choices in line with it. Because I think people are often kind of passive about that.
 
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I hear you. We are often myopic, and the truly good things sometimes take effort and time.
 
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Well, I went down to the church and had all of 4 lines of hand written notes. But the Spirit of the Lord was upon me and I somehow gave the most well received sermon I've preached all summer. And it went out on the radio.
 
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One old lady at the church presented me with a step by painstaking step cook book that is so old the photos are black and white. Now, I am a good cook. I have even cooked in a restaurant. So, frankly, I was offended that she passed this 60 year old cookbook off on me. But I think I managed to hide my true feelings. She told me it is the best because it shows you every single step in a photo so that probably a chimpanzee could make a pie using this book.
 
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I wonder whether she didn't want it any more, but felt bad about throwing it out, so was looking desperately for some way to give it to someone?

I know lots of my folks feel guilty about throwing things out, and resolve that guilt by deciding to give them to "the church" instead, regardless of whether we want or need them, or indeed whether we have anywhere to put them!
 
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Maybe I'll pass it on to my dad. He recently retired and has taken up grilling. But he's not very good at it. His grill uses LP gas but most of the meat that comes off of it resembles petrified wood or charcoal.
 
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