Have you ever noticed how a kite strains at the string as it soars in the sky? It seems to want to be free of the string that ties it down, free to fly on its own. But if that string does break, the kite flounders and crashes. The kite only has the freedom to fly as long as it's tied to something. That's the way we are under the New Covenant in Christ. We may think we're free to do whatever we want. But if we break from a faithful response to God's love for us, we flounder and crash. (New American Bible - St Mary's Press)
Of course this is talking about our spiritual life, but God knows we have bodies..He gave them to us... so i think he gives us strings to keep us from crashing there as well. Often i tug against the strings wanting to be free of them... keeping track of my food intake on fit day / exercising / prayer and journaling for emotional health. i find myself thinking... when i get to the weight i want to be i won't need to hassle with those things. How crazy! Those are the strings that are allowing me to fly. i should be thinking of ways to protect them instead of planning for a day to snip them. So... what are the strings in your life? What keeps you grounded so you can fly? How do you treat the strings in your life... do you protect them... or plan to snip them???
1 comments:
Great post. It's hard not to snip those strings sometimes, but we will always regret it when we try to do it without being grounded in Christ (or tied to his kite string!)
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