Kopp Disclosure
(John 3:19-21)
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She came into my
study about 30 minutes after worship as I was puttin' the last book into
my briefcase and headin' for the door to get out of Dodge for some much-needed
R&R.
It happened
almost 25 years ago; and my calendar hasn't been the same since.
She pleaded,
"I need to talk to you. It's really
important."
Even a fool like
me could see she really needed
to talk to someone; and I guessed I was the...
I pleaded,
"Well, uh, O.K., but, uh, I've gotta, I, uh, mean, uh, I'm about to leave
for, uh, and, uh,...Yes, O.K., uh, what is it?"
She promised,
"I won't take much of your time. I just need to talk to you.
It's really important."
She poured for just a few
minutes as promised.
Then we prayed.
I walked her to
the door, got into my car, and was gone for three weeks.
From start to
finish, maybe 10 minutes.
I never saw her
before and never saw her after.
But when I got
back, there was a package on my desk.
It was a small
framed poster: "No Kindness Shown No Matter How Small Is Ever
Wasted!"
Attached note:
"Thank you for taking the time to listen to me. I had decided to
kill myself. I changed my mind while you prayed. Thanks
again."
@#$%
Two of my best
buddies came in to share their disappointments with me.
They asked if I'm
ever disappointed.
Response:
"Oh, maybe just two or three times every
day."
That was last
week.
It's been the
same since...ordination.
Everybody's got
disappointments.
There are two
ways to handle 'em.
Grovel in 'em and
give up.
Ooooooor understand 'em
all in a Romans 8:28 kinda way - that nothing happens to us that is not part of
His plan in/for our lives as preface to experiencing His better than we could
have ever imagined - and live triumphantly and expectantly and even joyfully
with Psalm 37:25 kinda certainty.
It can even mean
allowing for more time to...
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O.K., if you
ain't got much faith, the preceding ain't gonna make much sense to you.
Dig.
Actually, stop
digging.
Climb.
Read some more of
the book.
Pray more than
before.
Sing.
Dance.
Trust.
Obey.
Puhlease, don't tell me
that you've been doing that; 'cause if you have, you haven't been doing that enough.
Everything in
Biblical/Christocentric/Pneumatic revelation says God
graces/blesses/elevates/enlightens/encourages/enables/satisfies/secures anyone who takes the time
to be with Him.
So someone is
lying if you're not...
You/me/us/them.
Or...
No way.
He is the way,
the truth, and the life.
So here's the
naked reality.
If you're more
than momentarily - O.K., maybe a few moments longer -
depressed/disappointed/defeated/deluded/disillusioned, it means ya ain't that
close to Him.
You can't be that
close to Him and remain sealed in a stone-cold tomb.
He resurrects.
Be honest about
it - the time being spent with Him.
If you ain't, you
ain't.
If you is, you
is.
Take that grammar
police!
@#$%
Have you noticed
how sooooooo many
people are so cranky these days?
I'm not just
talking about Bill O'Reilly and Eric Holder.
It's an epidemic.
Sooooooo many seem to be
bantering and moaning about someone or something or everyone and everything.
Sooooooo many seem
to feel entitled to comment, contend, criticize, and condemn.
Steppenwolf:
"We don't know how to mind our own business; for the whole world's gotta
be just like us."
Get a tattoo!
Don't get a
tattoo!
With total
disregard for the snowflake theology of Romans 12 and 1 Corinthians 12, sooooooo many want sooooooo many to be just
the same as...
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Not Jesus.
He wants us to be
free from all of that/them.
He wants us to be
sooooooo close
to Him that we'll know His freeing truth - His best for us that never inhibits
His best for others because He's not as double-minded as we are.
All He asks is to
love Him like He loves us.
Agape.
Taking the time
to pray and work for the best for everyone no matter who, what, where, when, or
why without the need or expectation for response, regard, or reward.
Something/Someone
that I almost missed 25 years ago.
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BTW, whenever
Jesus spoke, sooooooo many
wanted to kill him.
Guess who?
The clergy,
religionists, traditionalists, and...
They didn't have
time to...
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Blessings and Love!
1 comment:
Love this statement - if we are....then we're not that close to Him. In His Presence is fullness of joy...and when we are filled up with Him there is no room left for the other stuff...and we can be content and at peace when everything around us looks bad (as it so often does) but our victory and joy is in Him!
love it!
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