Most people have certain sections of their lives where, for various reasons (mostly unknown to themselves), they do not wish to make any change. These places are set aside and surrounded with an aura of spurious sanctity like the sacred cows of the East, which are considered too holy to be touched. But if you really mean business about regenerating your soul and body, there must positively be no sacred cows in your life.
Nothing is truly sacred but your own Indwelling Christ and the process of His awakening.
…Awake thou that sleeepest, and arise from the dead, and christ shall give thee light (Ephesians 5:14).
If there is a part of our lives that we refuse to change, regardless of20how many problems it causes us, then chances are that this is the area that needs changing the most. This sacred cow could be nurturing resentment from an old injustice, hatred that seems justified, personal coping behaviors that damage our lives or health, guilt from past wrongs that trap us in a cycle that seems to repeat itself or just stubbornness about accepting the true impacts of our refusal to let go of these sacred cows. Regardless of their nature, justification or perceived benefits, refusal to let go of these activities will block us from communion with God and from the rebirth promised to those who “let go and let God”. The good news is that God will give us everything we need to free these sacred cows and by so doing, free ourselves from the yoke they place on our necks.
Freeing cows,
Z gardener
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