How much stuff do you carry

Tuesday August 21st, Hebrews 12: 1-3 Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we'd better get on with it. Strip down, start running—and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins. Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we're in. The trouble with pioneers is we tend to take the trappings of their journey with Jesus and add them to the trappings of other pioneers and add them to our own trappings. Before long we have a church that is more burdened than enlightened by the past. It is one thing to learn from those who have gone on before us, it is quite another to take their garbage with us. How much good, but useless stuff is in your pockets?