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| You can lead a horse to water... |
The expectations I had of these couple of weeks included journaling, catching up on reading, relaxing, exercising, and starting back up on blogging.
Well, what I did not expect was to have so many horses around to love.
My parents are boarding horses for the summer, in order to have animals around for the grandchildren during their visit. Along with these horses came a pony and her 3-month-old baby. Who can ignore a baby?! We have been working at teaching this baby to enjoy being around humans and to trust them to handle her. We've made progress! I'm going to hate to leave her.
During this wonderful time in horse heaven, I was reminded of a popular cliche. Because of the hot temperatures we've experienced, several times I witnessed someone leading a horse to water, thinking they're being helpful. You know the rest, "but you can't make it drink." It's true! Those horses won't drink just because you take them to water!
It's the same with health and lifestyle information.
I can take people to the information, but I can't make them live it.
It's that way for all of us. We have a wealth of information we want to share with others, but it's up to others to do something with it.
Those of you who have information to share, hang in there! Be faithful. Keep up the good work. I know you're out there! I've had several heartfelt conversations this summer with people wanting this healthy lifestyle stuff to "click" for their loved ones. I also know of hearts heavy with the burden of bringing friends and loved ones into the Kingdom of God. It hurts to know they don't want to be saved from an eternity of torture. It would be so easy for them to escape that. We can't make them accept that gift that is at their fingertips. It has to be their choice.
To those of you at the other end of the information (the lead rope, so to speak), nobody can make you (drink) understand or want to do something with that "water." Please know it's all in love.
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,
that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,
but to save the world through him.
Whoever believes in him is not condemned,
but whoever does not believe stands condemned already
because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son."
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