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BUT for now:
Since I am so
old and smart, I tend to want to give a lot of advice. Sometimes I do give advice, to my own
shame. It is not that we humans are so
smart, but we have our ways and it is so logical; we wonder why everyone would
not do as we do, or act as we do.
To clarify,
I TRY to NEVER give medical advice, except to ME! I remember well a very wise
Doctor, Dr. Coutts. He looked me in the eye and said very firmly, “YOU ARE NO
DOCTA”. He was just about right. LOL
There are wise
people who can give advice from experience and we should listen. I tried being a preacher (minister, pastor) for
a few years and found out too late I had made a mistake.
My dad was a successful
minister and a very good pastor and shepherd of his flock. He also had learned
a lot. When asked for advice, or when he felt it was needed, he gave it. Dad never pushed
me nor suggested I become a preacher, but once I decided, he gave me two bits
of advice that if I knew how I would pass it on to ALL pastors.
#1..Son, do
not go in debt, your family will not go hungry, if you are in HIS WILL, God’s people will
feed you.
He let me know that #2 was the most ignored and misused of any advice given. I just endured one of those non closing closings AGAIN last Sunday; our good pastor, closed his sermon 3 times, and still kept on. (BTW... IT WAS A VERY GOOD SERMON)
A wise
minister or any public speaker should know when he has lost many of his listeners.
Nite
Shipslog
PS.
One of these days I may be able to post my odd life in a Christian world. BTW if you want to read some great pastoral advice, find some sermons of Father Ignatius. Old Victor includes some of them in his books. Amazon.com : books written by Victor Moubarak
I hope you are not a ‘Bored again Christian'!”
Love from FL
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6 comments:
Well, I read Proverbs last month and I can tell you it is very, very, very important to be wise and to fear the Lord and to listen and learn.
Advice is very hard to take and give!!!!!!!!!!!
If we are bored again Christians, we aren't paying attention to what the Holy Spirit is teaching us through each message, no matter how poorly or greatly given. If God's Word is being preached there is always something there to learn, even if it is patience and perseverance. I appreciated your post...and have endured many of those "in closing" endings...it all depends on why the minister feels he has to keep going...perhaps the Holy Spirit is telling him, "not yet! There's still one out there who needs to hear this!" But I do understand and appreciate exactly what you mean, and yes, there are some preachers who should learn when to stop preaching and when to start "letting go, and let God" take over! And also, being a preacher is not for the faint of heart! We survived about 30 years of ministry, and I can tell you it was always challenging, but thankfully we knew God was right there with us all the way, regardless of what was going on around us. He never forsook us even when people did. We are very thankful to have been His servants, but again, it's definitely not something for the faint of heart to even attempt.
I was never happy when getting advise from someone. And I always did things my way, but that didn't get me far at all, so I learned that older people do have a lot of wise advise to give. I wish I would have listened to way back when. I only give advice if someone asked me for it and that's not very often.
Thank you Jack for mentioning my books. I hope you're enjoying POCKET SERMONS - my latest.
Years ago, my grandfather told me "Never ever take advice from anyone!" So I ignored him.
Our priest's sermons are too long. I time him and start with a figure in my mind as to how much I will put in the collection plate. Every minute he speaks over 10 minutes I deduct a few cents fromk my donation. He owes me $24.00
God bless.
The hard part is knowing which advise to take or ignore! :)
When asking advice from our Pastor, he says, Let's see what the Bible says about that!!
I remember getting lots of unsolicited advice -- which I promptly ignored. (Cue eye roll.) In retrospect, I wish I'd have at least appreciated someone's intent. Better yet, taken some of it!
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