Will Rogers<\/b><\/p>\n
Will Rogers was known for his laughter, but he also knew how to weep. One day he was entertaining at the Milton H. Berry Institute in Los Angeles, a hospital that specialized in rehabilitating polio victims and people with broken backs and other extreme physical handicaps. Of course, Rogers had everybody laughing, even patients in really bad condition; but then he suddenly left the platform and went to the rest room. Milton Berry followed him to give him a towel; and when he opened the door, he saw Will Rogers leaning against the wall, sobbing like a child. He closed the door, and in a few minutes, Rogers appeared back on the platform, as jovial as before.<\/p>\n
If you want to learn what a person is really like, ask three questions: What makes him laugh? What makes him angry? What makes him weep? These are fairly good tests of character that are especially appropriate for Christian leaders. I hear people saying, \u201cWe need angry leaders today!\u201d or \u201cThe time has come to practice militant Christianity!\u201d Perhaps, but \u201cthe wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God\u201d (James 1:20).<\/p>\n
Source unknown<\/p>\n
Not Anger but Anguish<\/b><\/p>\n
What we need today is not anger, but anguish, the kind of anguish that Moses displayed when he broke the two tablets of the law and then climbed the mountain to intercede for his people, or that Jesus displayed when He cleansed the temple and then wept over the city. The difference between anger and anguish is a broken heart. It\u2019s easy to get angry, especially at somebody else\u2019s sins; but it\u2019s not easy to look at sin, our own included, and weep over it.<\/p>\n
The Integrity Crisis by Warren W. Wiersbe, Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1991, pp. 75\u201376<\/p>\n
Misplaced Trust<\/b><\/p>\n
In his retirement, Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia. Because Jefferson trusted that students would take their studies seriously, the code of discipline was lax. Unfortunately, his trust proved misplaced when the misbehavior of students led to a riot in which professors who tried to restore order were attacked. The following day a meeting was held between the university\u2019s board, of which Jefferson was a member, and defiant students. Jefferson began by saying, \u201cThis is one of the most painful events of my life,\u201d was overcome by emotion, and burst into tears. Another board member asked the rioters to come forward and give their names. Nearly every one did. Later, one of them said, \u201cIt was not Mr. Jefferson\u2019s words, but his tears.\u201d<\/p>\n
Today in the Word, March 29, 1993<\/p>\n
Broken Things in the Bible<\/b><\/p>\n
Five broken things in the Bible and the results achieved by them:<\/p>\n
1) Broken pitchers (Judges 7:18, 19) and the light shone out<\/p>\n
2) A Broken Box (Mark 14:3) and the ointment was poured out<\/p>\n
3) Broken Bread (Matt 14:10) and the hungry were fed<\/p>\n
4) A Broken Body (I Cor 11:24) and the world was saved<\/p>\n
5) A Broken will (Psa 51:17) and a life of fulfillment in Christ<\/p>\n
Source unknown<\/p>\n
Impossible Task, Impossible Man<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cWhen God wants to do an impossible task, He takes an impossible man and breaks him. As the evangelist, Charles Spurgeon, said, \u2018We are but men, frail, feeble, and apt to faint.\u2019<\/p>\n
I am intrigued by the word \u2018broken. \u2018 It means, literally, \u2018shattered.\u2019 My sacrifice to God, according to Psalm 51:17, is a shattered spirit and a bruised heart. It is not until the pride of our heart is shattered that we will begin to understand the deep things of God. The shattering and the bruising are so designed by God for the preparation of his spokesman. As pastors, we understand what it means to be frail.<\/p>\n
\u201cGod will not despise a broken and contrite heart. All of God\u2019s giants have been weak men. Every man that sits on this platform is a weak man. Every one of us is frail, feeble, and apt to faint. The greatest gift you can give your congregation is a genuine model of your humanity. Admit your weakness, or your unresolved conflicts, and then let yourself be broken about it by God. It may be between you and your wife; it may be between you and your staff member\u2019 it may be an unforgiving spirit, even alcoholism, incest, pornography\u2014maybe gluttony, or plagiarism, or a critical spirit. It could be the sin of pride, or those sins that Jesus hated most, those of hypocrisy. Release it to God. If we confess our sins, He is faithful to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.\u201d<\/p>\n
Men of Action, Spring 1996, Chuck Swindoll, What It Means To Be Broken!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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