Prunes and Apostle Paul #1

by Gramps

I don't know what the Spanish or Swahili translation of “plugged up” would be, but I'm so thankful my mom knew her little boy (me) would become very sick and hurting, if my 'outgo' didn't keep pace with my eating habits.

She knew well, all the symptoms, as moms the world over do, when the prunes and castor oil were to be administered.

God made all living things to function with this balance of 'income' and 'outgo'. (OK. So I'm trying to make a point without using that 'constipation' word. I don't know what that translates into either.) There's no escaping that balance and still be healthy. Every cell in our body demands that balance.

Maybe it would help teaching our sprouting missionaries by giving some examples of leaves, and birds etc.

[note: take a moment and involve one or two of your listeners in teaching this balance idea. Ask them to think of other places this balance is needed. Maybe boys and girls breath air in but must also breath out the old air.]

Lesson to Learn:

This lesson is more for the youth leaders than the children. Probably one of the foundational causes of churches dying, is that the pulpit and leaders, upstairs and down, don't remember you cannot ONLY teach, teach, and teach some more. The human mind and spirit get plugged up and unhappy people sit in the chairs and pews with no joy or enthusiasm... they're 'plugged up'.

Next, we'll see how to keep things 'moving' in the small ones and those with silver hair, too.

The Apostle Paul tells us. [~] [~] [~]