At the beginning of 2009, the Parson declared "Elephant Season" for the year.
Now that may sound a little bit Daunting, or a little bit Militant, or a lotta bit Confrontational.
What it has been is very Liberating. Oh my, yes.
All of us have Elephants in our lives. And our houses. And our churches. And our jobs. Those big, clumsy, giant Situations that suck all the air out of the room and cause tons of damage to their environment.
It is amazing to me how much we tiptoe around them and try to pretend they are the same size as everything else and spend Large Sections of Time (which are then gone forever) trying to clean up the Messes they create and repair the Breakage they have incurred.
Well, finally, we got tired of them. So, 2009 = Elephant Season. We didn't start out deliberately and systematically attacking the Elephants. We actually told God that He could see them, too, and would He please help us. If He would kill them, we would cut them in small pieces and remove them. He said "Okay."
We now have an Elephant Graveyard here at The Homeplace. It is a delightfully Free and Airy Spot to which we invite all to come. We also encourage all to create your own.
We even have Eight Weeks Left!
5 comments:
You know this blog made me smile. :D :D :D
Still have some elephants to take care of around here, too...better get busy!!!
Love you guys!
I pray you get all your elephants either killed or in that container. :-) Looking forward to more elephant hunts with you in the years to come...
"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality."
My mother-in-law and I were talking about this today and I had to look back at this blog. Still makes me smile...and refreshes my desire to keep taking care of those elephants. :) :)
Love and appreciate you all!
This blog made me smile and really uplifted me. Thank you for sharing this comical but true revelation. I feel like I can take care of what I can take care of with the elephants in my life and trust that God will kill what needs to be killed in the situation. If that makes any since at all lol. God richly continue to bless you and your family. I love the comment you made about the mouse too and neutrality. Very true :)
Thank you for your ministry,
an Apostolic young married lady :)
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