Do you have people in your life that have been there for years. Decades. No matter what, its all about them except when its a crisis and then, most of the time, they’re there for you in that moment. But in their day to day lives you wonder if you even enter their thoughts.
How long do we wait? Are we waiting or “tolerating” their behavior while we wait for the change? Why are we waiting? How much time do they truly need? How long do we “coddle”?
Jesus said, ” Today is the day of salvation.” Today. Not tomorrow or next week or decades from now. We have no promise of tomorrow.
When he called the disciples he said, “follow me”. He didn’t give them time to think about it. Decide. Now or he walked away.
So we’re back to those we “tolerate”. They’re lazy, slothful and self-centered. They always put you at the end of the choices; job, family, others, cats. God is not even on the list. Excuses. Maybes. Never commitment.
How much more time and energy are we going to waste. Purge! Drop the baggage of all those you are dragging (yes, dragging!) along. They obviously don’t care for you. They’re not seeking God. The haven’t changed. They don’t want to change. Face the facts!
No where did Jesus tell us to carry those not willing to walk. He told them, “pick up your cross and follow me.” There is an example of for carrying someone else cross but HE didn’t ask us to it, but we do need to be willing to carry someone else’ cross. But is that cross their sins? Their indifference? Their resistance to change? Jesus nailed our sins to the cross. The cross itself is not our sins. It is an alter.
Something to think about.
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