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Spinning Plate, Broken People Spinning Plates, Broken People Psalm 127:1 Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Do you remember the man who spun the plates on the "Ed Sullivan Show" years ago? I've never forgotten him. He would start at one end of a long table, place a stick perpendicular to the table, then spin a plate on the stick. Working on down the table, he would place other plates and set them to spinning on their own sticks. As the first plate began to wobble, the man would rush back and expertly spin it again as the audience breathed a sigh of relief. On he would go...seven, eight, nine plates. By this time, plates two, three and four were now beginning to wobble. But just before you knew everything would come crashing down, he would quickly scoop up all of the plates in his professional hands and bow to the applause of the audience. Similarly, the roles we assume in life as husband, wife, father, mother, businessman, civic leader, church leader, Sunday School teacher...all represent different plates in our lives. We begin spinning them early in our married lives, with plate number one being our marriages. Through the years we add other plates-career, , church responsibilities-and our efforts to focus become more difficult. The real problems come when we begin to make wrong choices. We mistakenly choose to meet more material "needs" by applying our efforts primarily to our work. This isn't about keeping our families from starving, but more about status, significance and the accumulation of "more." The result is that our focus is lost. We add even more plates. Important plates begin to wobble-even fall and shatter. Like my friend Robert Lewis says, " don't bounce-they break." How are your essential plates spinning? Any wobbling? Are you giving your energy to the right "ones" according to God's value system? Prayer: Ask God to show you any plates that are getting too much of your energy, being neglected or need a spin. Discuss: What are the different plates that you spin? How do they affect your family time? How would your family benefit if you dropped some? |
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