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!!! Fruit of the Spirit:Peace - a look at 3 ‘worry magnets’
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!!!! Worry Magnet #1: How others view me
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/It was going to be perfect … she had it all planned out.
They had only got the call from him last night that he was coming back into town for a flying visit, but already she had mapped out every detail of a nice intimate dinner party for this evening../
/He didn’t often stop by and visit them - her, her sister and her brother (yes, still living together and none of them would see 25 again!).
But every time he visited you always got the impression that he wanted to stay longer … it’s just that he was always working so hard … travelling to this part of the country and that.
Doing important things.
Being an important person.
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/These days she even heard other people tell her about how he was now an ‘important person’- funny to think about that when she and her sister and brother had known him when he was still a ‘nobody’./
/Never a nobody to them, of course.
He was practically family., and he had that rare gift of lighting up any room he walked into, Yes, she must have a good sit down with him tonight and catch up on the latest goss!
… it had been too long.
Tonight was going to be perfect!/
/But before that, she had a dinner party to plan.
There were caterers to organise … (still had to decide on the dessert - the cheesecake or the eclairs?), flowers to arrange, napkins to fold, music to select (maybe a bit of gentle jazz to show off her sophistication!).
Mary, her sister, had agreed to get off work early to help set up, but her brother was hopeless and she expected no help from that quarter!
He would probably sit in the kitchen chatting with the caterers and eating the food.
Best to keep him right out of it./
/She went out to the shops that afternoon and bought all her supplies for the evening.
Nothing but the best.
She prided herself on her hospitality, and tonight had to be perfect./
/By the time //4:00// rolled around she had the table arranged … still no Mary!
Where was she?
She was the arty one, and had agreed to do the flowers./
/5:00// came.
Still no caterers.
Still no Mary.
She would just have to do the flowers herself./
/5:20//, and with the flower arrangement looking like a floral bad hair day, she finally got the call from Mary - something had come up at work, and she would be late.
Figures!
She was always so irresponsible … /
/5:45// and the caterers finally arrived - she showed them into the kitchen and tried to be polite … at least until after they had served the food./
/6:07// and her sister and brother finally walk through the door laughing together about some TV program from last night.
How dare they treat this lightly!
Don’t they know that tonight has to be perfect?
He’s coming!/
/Finally everything was arranged … now all that was needed was the jazz.
As she pressed ‘play’ on the stereo, a knock came at the door.
At last - it’s him!
They all crowded the entrance-way with expectant smiles and she opened the door.
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/There he was … large as life … grinning that same old grin … stepping forward to smother her in an enthusiastic hug … then Mary … shaking her brother’s hand at the same time … but … who were all the others?/
/He had brought a crowd!
There they were, standing on the doorstep looking at her.
Still pumping hands, he glanced at her with a smile and said, “I brought some friends along for dinner.
You don’t mind do you?”/
/Her world crashed.
She felt dizzy.
Her perfect, intimate family dinner … ruined … by a rugby team./
/But composure is everything!
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/“Of course”, she managed to stammer, before excusing herself and retreating gracefully to the kitchen.
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/Disaster!
Crisis!
Spotting an unsuspecting caterer by the oven she snapped “Get cooking … get take-out … I don’t care!
Just get me more food!”.
She would rescue this night yet./
/Rolling up her sleeves she began cooking for the unexpected hungry horde./
/But it wasn’t long before she realised that Mary was no-where to be seen.
Where was she?
She should be in here peeling potatoes or something./
/She walked out to the lounge and was met by this scene.
There was the crowd sitting around the lounge, squeezed onto sofas and perching on arm-rests, … entranced by something her guest was saying.
And there was Mary sitting on the carpet at his feet, gazing up at him, completely absorbed.
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/Everyone was quiet./
/She was outraged.
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/These guys had ruined her night!
And how dare Mary just sit there!/
/She made her way through the bodies to where he sat talking, hiding her raging anger behind surface politeness./
/He looked up at her and smiled as she bent her head and whispered fiercely in his ear,/
/“I need Mary in the kitchen … now!
Do something!
Tell her to come and help me”/
/He glanced down at Mary and then back at her and gently said:/
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What?
If this was Jesus sitting there talking, what would he say?
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/‘Martha, Martha.
You have got so many ‘needs’ that you are worried and upset about, but only one thing is needed.
Mary has made the best decision, and I’m not going to talk her out of it.”/
(Luke 10:38-41)
Why did she ask Jesus to tell Mary?
I reckon, it’s because she had already asked Mary and she had said no - this is more important.
Closeness to Jesus.
Live for the approval of Jesus.
This is the one thing you need to watch out for.
/Something that I have found … if I have that one thing right … all else falls into place./
*John 7:1-13*
*when** the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near, **3 Jesus' brothers said to him, "You ought to leave here and go to **Judea**, so that your disciples may see the miracles you do.
**4 No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret.
Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world."
**5 For even his own brothers did not believe in him.
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All of these messages coming at him …
· do this
· go there
But he held onto his one thing firmly.
!!!! Worry Magnet #2: The Future
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/People had told Stuart that 30 years old was supposed to be the prime of your life.
He didn’t know - he was only 23, but things were looking pretty good for him already - and he planned to make the future even better.
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/Stuart was a surfer … both in work and play.
At work, he had caught the information technology wave sweeping the computer industry along, and was riding it very nicely thank-you.
He was already a junior manager and his prospects looked good.
On his occasional day off (if he ever got around to taking one) he could always be found surfing on a West Coast beach somewhere.
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