Discipleship
is apprenticeship to a master, so that one can learn the master's way of doing
things…
We
don't get there by pious aspirations, slavish copying of rules, well-polished
public selves, or carefully guarded inner lives. We get there by the messier, slower path of
learning step by step and mistake by mistake how to love, cooperate, forgive,
trust, work through harsh and dark emotions.
Part of the process of salvation, real soul healing and transformation,
is in wrestling prayerfully with the rough places in our souls that resist
Jesus' saving invitations…
Over
time "fruit" is born -- a metaphor surely indicating the slowness of
the process.
--
Robert C. Morris in an article entitled "Enlightening Annoyances: Jesus'
Teachings as a Spur to Spiritual Growth", in Weavings Journal,
Sep/Oct 2001, published by The Upper Room, Nashville, TN. Used with permission.
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