A thought by Mark Batterson, (2013-09-24) from his book, All In: You Are One Decision Away From a Totally Different Life (Kindle Locations 996-997). Zondervan. Kindle
Edition.
Margaret and I watched the Oscar’s last night and I was taken
back there when I read this quote. I was
thinking of all the people who were sitting in their front rooms watching the
show and criticizing everyone on there.
Of course they had never risked doing anything out of the ordinary but
they can criticize from the comfort of the front room.
Margaret and I watched the Oscar’s last night and I was taken
back there when I read this quote. I was
thinking of all the people who were sitting in their front rooms watching the
show and criticizing everyone on there.
Of course they had never risked doing anything out of the ordinary but
they can criticize from the comfort of the front room.
We go to a very large church that has a very large
sanctuary. Margaret wasn’t feeling well
so I went along but sat with my son, Brett and my daughter-in-law.
Marissa. And we sat in the last row
because Brett had hurt his ankle and was on crutches. Now not all people who sit in the back have
crutches but many do. They have the
crutches of non-involvement except for criticizing those up front. Now not everyone does that back there.
Right now here I am criticizing people who criticize and I am
sitting on the sidelines. So maybe I need
to get up and go do something. The truth
is when you are doing something it is hard to criticize so maybe I need to get
up from my comfortable confine and do something like cheering on those who are
walking on water and maybe even getting out of the boat myself.
What about you?
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