Justin’s Journal
There was a worm crawling in the ground one day, and he came to a hole that he hadn’t recognized before. Fearful of where it would take him he turned around and went back home. He told his father about the hole and he was very disappointed that his son didn’t explore it. He went crawling again the very next day, remembering what his father had to say.
He came to a path, only this one was rare. The path was split in half and there the worm stared. Would one path lead to nutrients and the other things in life that would satisfy a worm? Would one path lead to an industry’s sewage pipe and destroy not only him, but also the path he came from? Confused with which one to take, and scared that his father would be mad again, he split himself in half and went both ways.
This was something I found in one of my old, old journals. I couldn’t begin to tell you what was going through my mind at the time of writing it, but it got me thinking about something: the war between our flesh and our spirit.
We are constantly torn between the two. However, just like this worm we sometimes think that we can live a life that shares equal time with our flesh and spirit. We want to please God, but we want to gratify ourself as well.
The truth is, we aren’t worms. We can’t split ourself in half and go down two paths. Even though the worm survived the splitting, one half of his body still would have died when he got to the sewage pipe. The same will happen with us, and a part of us is heading for death.
Jesus is life though. He has given us eternal life by paying for our punishment of death with His death. Abide in Him and you will surely live forever!
Sweet, you were 11 years old then. =)
I love the analogy.
Sid
Comment Submitted: June 28th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
I remember your journal you used to have and read to me-There’s a lot about you I still remember :0)
Comment Submitted: July 17th, 2008 at 2:57 pm