Barron Olaf has papa Ray Olaf wrapped around his little fingerIt is amazing how an “old” Biblical passage that has been read literally hundreds of times, can come alive and take on new or deeper meaning.
Present your bodies to God a living sacrifice…(Romans 12 tells us), took on deeper meaning to me this morning. The tongue is my body part that currently needs the altar.
Speaking with a stuttering tongue has been so frustrating lately. If I’ve surrendered my tongue as a living sacrifice, then God can do with it as He pleases. If He wants to stutter through me - so be it. If He wants to speak fluently through me - yea! Pressure in speaking is reduced with this kind of mindset. That doesn’t mean that I neglect appropriate remediation, like speech therapy. However therapy was a bust the last session I encountered.
Now, I’ve known and experienced this freedom previously. However of late, speaking has been so very frustrating, that I’ve even avoided some speaking opportunities. I’ve forgotten the dynamics of a tongue “presented as a living sacrifice” and the subsequent freedom. I’m seeing this at a deeper level this morning. Should be less frustration. Page 2, later!
How about the Parkinson’s? Doing all my new doctor tells me to, but falling down more. Losing mental prowess, (filled my diesel truck with gas. Cost me $$1149 plus a tank of diesel.) Dyskinesia has me bobbing and weaving like a drunk boxer.
“Father, I present my PD body and mind to you - a living sacrifice, trusting that in your love for me, You will permit only that which you deem best for me and for others.”
I give you permission to check on me, seeing if the sacrifice is still on the altar.
Do you have any “body sacrifice” that needs to take place?
