Sometimes, a bird gets caught in a trap.
“No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.”
Hebrews 12:11 NIV
Broken Wing
Analogy
Gulf Coast
“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”
Proverbs 4:23 NIV
Abode
The Holy Spirit takes permanent residency in a person at the moment of genuine conversion.
“Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.”
John 14:23 BSB
Broken Specs
We become subject to our choices when we reject The Truth.
“Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”
John 9:39 BSB
Related read: Lend Me Your Eyes
Winter Moon
Like the moon can never be the sun, you can’t shine the way God made you when you compare yourself to someone else.
“The sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.”
1 Corinthians 15:41 BSB
Related reads: Resist The Temptation Of Comparison | Envy: Rottenness To The Bones
Pest Control
The trees in this particular orchard will all produce rotten fruit without this process.
“I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people— 10 not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. 11 But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler. Do not even eat with such people.
12 What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?”
1 Corinthians 5:9-12 NIV
Winter Solace
You are not alone. He is with you always.
“The LORD is the strength of His people, a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.”
Psalm 28:8 BSB
Hyper-Grace
Omitting “correct and rebuke” out of the three
leads to the error of hyper-grace (a.k.a grace abuse).
“Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction.”
2 Timothy 4:2 NIV
Snow Trees
“I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.”
Revelation 2:2 BSB
Sanctuary
Everyone who dwells in His shelter is protected.
“The LORD has proclaimed His salvation and revealed His righteousness to the nations.”
Psalm 98:2 BSB