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Weaned from the Paps
You know, sometimes I find myself comparing the sincerity of my belief in Jesus with those who follow other gods. It doesn’t seem that my conviction is as fervent; as emotional; as sacrificial or profitable. Then again, their call is not as pure… as loving… as good. They have no worldly or other-worldly opponents; not as Godly people have to stand in their path where we must take up the whole armour of God.
Then, to love not only my neighbors but my enemies, how peculiar… is that? To pray for leaders I can barely respect, but that I trust that God in His sovereignty placed in authority over me and my country in accordance with His ultimate will and purpose?
I have no earthly desire. There is nothing that this world offers that interests me; especially as I grow older. When I was a child I took suck of the earth, but as I matured, I learned the paps of Mother Earth have grown old. There is no nourishment. I had to work twice as hard in the draw as was available to replenish the strength that I had lost in feeding. But then I realized that God’s grace weans us from this place. This world is not our home, and there are no other gods against whom our God competes. As for those who appear more fervent, emotional, sacrificial and profitable? They continue to think that a mother’s milk is richer than a Father’s love. How sad.
