Teachers, Polishers, SUVs in the Pulpit?
"Have you learned lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed the passage with you?" -- Walt Whitman "Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me." -- Psalm 144:1,2 (NIV) I am reminding myself of how God uses offensive people and situations to teach and polish me. On one of my favorite blogs, What About Our Daughters? , a recent post described a worship service in a Detroit church. Three large SUVs were placed in the church's pulpit and those in attendance prayed for the U.S. Congress to save the American auto industry from unwanted changes and a possible demise. Well, for the record, I am in favor of saving the Big 3. The industry needs serious restructur...