WHAT'S THE POINT?

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One Sunday

the pastor was out of state holding meetings.  That's a good thing.

The pulpit was filled (Is that the proper way to say it?) by one of the other ministers.

That's a good thing.

I don't remember the way he said it, but this brother had something that was bubbling up in him.  Something that was burning.  Something that would not let go, and he was wanting to share it with us.

Now that is a great thing.

Bring it on brother, I was in need of something from the Lord.

What was it?

I DO NOT KNOW.

The sermon must have been a good one.  I did not go to sleep.

The sermon filled about the normal amount of time, or a little more.

Plenty of time to get a point across.

But at the end of the sermon, I did not know what the point of the sermon was.

The next day (Monday)

early in the morning while mulling the sermon over in my mind - I still did not know the point of the sermon.

My point.

I strongly suspect that the reason was,

the point of the sermon was buried under an avalanche of words.

You know, like too much water for one tea bag.

The tea is diluted to the point you cannot tell what the flavor is.

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"Think before you speak, 

and don't make any rash promises to God.

He is in heaven and you are on earth,

so don't say any more than you have to."

-Ecclesiastes 5:2 (GNB)

"The more you talk, the more likely you are to sin.

If you are wise, you will keep quiet."

-Proverbs 10:19 (GNB)