The morning drive to work affords time for all sorts of pondering. Today, I was thinking about the bondage of debt (yes, I've written on this before; obviously, the topic is dear to my heart).
Debt is like a large gorilla on your shoulders. You've got a few options in dealing with him.
1. You can pretend that the gorilla just isn't there, all the while walking around significantly hunched over because of his hardly bearable weight.
2. You can throw him completely off, and in the process you'll have to learn how to walk again and recondition all your muscles because of the shock of removing that much weight in one toss.
3. The option I have chosen is to put that gorilla on the Atkins diet until he is so slim that you can thump him off your shoulder like a pesky mosquito. Though it is an unfortunately gradual process, this option allows for very purposeful adjustments to lifestyle as you seek to conform every aspect of your life to God's revealed will.
Through various means, most importantly the blessing of God, the year 2004 should result in a significant reduction in my gorilla's weight.
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