Comments on: Confession: I use crutches http://bransblahg.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/confession-i-use-crutches/ Lessons learned as the mommy of Dylan, Aidan, and Owen. Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:05:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: anna http://bransblahg.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/confession-i-use-crutches/#comment-3862 anna Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:54:56 +0000 http://bransblahg.wordpress.com/?p=958#comment-3862 Wow, friend.... very convicting.... I suppose I do use crutches.... my kids also... ugh... Wow, friend…. very convicting….

I suppose I do use crutches…. my kids also… ugh…

]]> By: Roxanne Kristina http://bransblahg.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/confession-i-use-crutches/#comment-3849 Roxanne Kristina Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:27:06 +0000 http://bransblahg.wordpress.com/?p=958#comment-3849 This was powerful. You have me pondering. xoxox, R This was powerful. You have me pondering.
xoxox,
R

]]> By: edfromct http://bransblahg.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/confession-i-use-crutches/#comment-3848 edfromct Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:54:11 +0000 http://bransblahg.wordpress.com/?p=958#comment-3848 The biggest crutch I carried around when I was younger was the idea that I couldn't doing anything right. I would be better off not doing anything, instead of just making things worse. I did finally throw that crutch away, except when it comes to any job involving home repair. The biggest crutch I carried around when I was younger was the idea that I couldn’t doing anything right. I would be better off not doing anything, instead of just making things worse.

I did finally throw that crutch away, except when it comes to any job involving home repair.

]]> By: tones4d http://bransblahg.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/confession-i-use-crutches/#comment-3847 tones4d Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:51:10 +0000 http://bransblahg.wordpress.com/?p=958#comment-3847 urgh....Seriously?!? I'm sure I have a crutch...I hope I don' t over use it! Maybe I do it without even knowing it. Great post! I have no encouraging words or wisdom though! LOL! urgh….Seriously?!?

I’m sure I have a crutch…I hope I don’ t over use it! Maybe I do it without even knowing it.

Great post! I have no encouraging words or wisdom though! LOL!

]]> By: lovewillbringustogether http://bransblahg.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/confession-i-use-crutches/#comment-3846 lovewillbringustogether Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:00:21 +0000 http://bransblahg.wordpress.com/?p=958#comment-3846 i hate those kind of questions ( the ones where i am convicted to do more) ;-) if we have a broken or missing or maimed leg a crutch is actually what helps us to keep moving as though we were not broken - or have something missing or maimed. If we lose our leg i would not recommend throwing away the crutch! once our leg heals however i would not recommend keeping it as a form of 'security'. When it comes to those less obviously physical areas of our life that are broken or missing or maimed considerably more wisdom is required over the use or adoption of crutches, such that we choose the ones that are most 'appropriate', not simply the ones that are easily available or that our friends use a lot. it's those inappropriate ones, or ones that are used inappropriately we have most need of throwing away. Jesus was able to make the maimed 'whole' and could therefore tell another to cast away thy crutches and carry thy bed and walk. the best we can hope to do is seek Him for ourselves to help us free ourselves from ours and then maybe to lead others to do the same. We're just hypocrites if we try to do it in the reverse order. The blind leading the blind. 8) ♥ <B i hate those kind of questions ( the ones where i am convicted to do more) ;-)

if we have a broken or missing or maimed leg a crutch is actually what helps us to keep moving as though we were not broken – or have something missing or maimed.

If we lose our leg i would not recommend throwing away the crutch!

once our leg heals however i would not recommend keeping it as a form of ’security’.

When it comes to those less obviously physical areas of our life that are broken or missing or maimed considerably more wisdom is required over the use or adoption of crutches, such that we choose the ones that are most ‘appropriate’, not simply the ones that are easily available or that our friends use a lot.

it’s those inappropriate ones, or ones that are used inappropriately we have most need of throwing away.

Jesus was able to make the maimed ‘whole’ and could therefore tell another to cast away thy crutches and carry thy bed and walk.

the best we can hope to do is seek Him for ourselves to help us free ourselves from ours and then maybe to lead others to do the same.

We’re just hypocrites if we try to do it in the reverse order.

The blind leading the blind. 8)

♥

<B

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