Comments on: The Lawnmower http://davefrincke.com/amazed/the-lawnmower/ worship devotions Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:12:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: mom http://davefrincke.com/amazed/the-lawnmower/comment-page-1/#comment-50 mom Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:12:15 +0000 http://come2go.org/amazed/?p=92#comment-50 David, Do you remember begging and pleading to mow the lawn when you were 8 or 9 years old? In our family you had to wait until you were 10 to start mowing and you could hardly wait! Later you even accepted money from Jon and Kara to mow for them when it was one of their turns! :) I will remember the words of this devotion when I have a task which I find tedious and not much fun, and I will remember to thank my Lord for all the blessings He has given me. David, Do you remember begging and pleading to mow the lawn when you were 8 or 9 years old? In our family you had to wait until you were 10 to start mowing and you could hardly wait! Later you even accepted money from Jon and Kara to mow for them when it was one of their turns! :) I will remember the words of this devotion when I have a task which I find tedious and not much fun, and I will remember to thank my Lord for all the blessings He has given me.

]]> By: Dooder Man http://davefrincke.com/amazed/the-lawnmower/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Dooder Man Sat, 30 May 2009 00:14:05 +0000 http://come2go.org/amazed/?p=92#comment-37 NOW I know why you won't get a rider. If you really want to change your attitude, come cut my lawn and I'll give you a few other jobs! :) Just kidding, man. Good point. Good lesson. But to balance out, you don't have to make yourself feel bad with something that you really don't have to do in the way that irritates you. Love ya, man! NOW I know why you won’t get a rider. If you really want to change your attitude, come cut my lawn and I’ll give you a few other jobs! :) Just kidding, man. Good point. Good lesson. But to balance out, you don’t have to make yourself feel bad with something that you really don’t have to do in the way that irritates you. Love ya, man!

]]> By: Joe G. http://davefrincke.com/amazed/the-lawnmower/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Joe G. Fri, 29 May 2009 12:10:25 +0000 http://come2go.org/amazed/?p=92#comment-36 I used to feel exactly the same way about mowing my lawn - until my father-in-law became very ill. He can barely walk and get around his house now. One of the things he said struck me in a powerful way. He said, "I'll never be able to mow my lawn again!" I thought to myself how much God has blessed me - with a beautiful house (and yard), with "free time" to do jobs like mowing, and with a healthy body to do so. Now when I mow I try to remember how God much God has blessed me and thank Him as I walk behing my mower. I also realized that this is a great time for prayer! I used to feel exactly the same way about mowing my lawn – until my father-in-law became very ill. He can barely walk and get around his house now. One of the things he said struck me in a powerful way. He said, “I’ll never be able to mow my lawn again!”

I thought to myself how much God has blessed me – with a beautiful house (and yard), with “free time” to do jobs like mowing, and with a healthy body to do so. Now when I mow I try to remember how God much God has blessed me and thank Him as I walk behing my mower. I also realized that this is a great time for prayer!

]]> By: Toni Blackwood http://davefrincke.com/amazed/the-lawnmower/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Toni Blackwood Fri, 29 May 2009 11:40:04 +0000 http://come2go.org/amazed/?p=92#comment-35 Sometimes the growth comes in small steps. Rather than just wanting to find joy in mowing the lawn, start with one reason for being thankful for this. Then, take your time and find four more. By the time you truly have five reasons to be thankful you're mowing your lawn, you'll have a new attitude. It's worked for me again and again. Sometimes the growth comes in small steps. Rather than just wanting to find joy in mowing the lawn, start with one reason for being thankful for this. Then, take your time and find four more. By the time you truly have five reasons to be thankful you’re mowing your lawn, you’ll have a new attitude. It’s worked for me again and again.

]]> By: Pete http://davefrincke.com/amazed/the-lawnmower/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Pete Fri, 29 May 2009 05:38:43 +0000 http://come2go.org/amazed/?p=92#comment-34 Thanks Dave! I needed this today! Thanks Dave! I needed this today!

]]> By: Kevin http://davefrincke.com/amazed/the-lawnmower/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Kevin Thu, 28 May 2009 23:37:49 +0000 http://come2go.org/amazed/?p=92#comment-32 Dave, good lesson. Jesus said if we want to folow Him we are to: deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Him. Truth is, we find it easier to take up a cross than to deny ourselves. In our culture, we hardly ever deny ourseves ANYTHING, because things come so much easier than in past generations, and we somehow feel we deserve to reward ourselves when the least little thing goes right. We live cushy lives! We don't even realize it. If we, as Jesus' followers, would get better at denying ourselves, I believe we would walk in greater spiritual power and authority. Thanks for sharing your life lesson with us! Kevin< Dave, good lesson. Jesus said if we want to folow Him we are to: deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Him. Truth is, we find it easier to take up a cross than to deny ourselves. In our culture, we hardly ever deny ourseves ANYTHING, because things come so much easier than in past generations, and we somehow feel we deserve to reward ourselves when the least little thing goes right. We live cushy lives! We don’t even realize it. If we, as Jesus’ followers, would get better at denying ourselves, I believe we would walk in greater spiritual power and authority. Thanks for sharing your life lesson with us!
Kevin<

]]> By: jeanne http://davefrincke.com/amazed/the-lawnmower/comment-page-1/#comment-33 jeanne Thu, 28 May 2009 16:31:59 +0000 http://come2go.org/amazed/?p=92#comment-33 Wise words. Learning to lose our "need" for convenience is a way to resist the dominant culture around us and reminds us that as believers we are not of this world. Our brothers and sisters in the Corinthian church were doing the same as they resisted the idol worship in their city. Humbling our attitude in the way you describe will help us relate to others who struggle and suffer in the world, and reminds us that the ways of the Lord's Kingdom are different. Wise words. Learning to lose our “need” for convenience is a way to resist the dominant culture around us and reminds us that as believers we are not of this world. Our brothers and sisters in the Corinthian church were doing the same as they resisted the idol worship in their city. Humbling our attitude in the way you describe will help us relate to others who struggle and suffer in the world, and reminds us that the ways of the Lord’s Kingdom are different.

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