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Kissing Frogs
Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Mar 31, 2023 (message contributor)
Well ... This short discourse is called ... "Kissing Frogs"
Ever feel like a Frog?
Frogs feel slow, ... low, ... ugly, ... puffy, ... drooped, pooped.
I know! ...... One told me.
The Frog feeling comes when:
You want to be bright... but you feel dull.
You want to share...but you are selfish.
You want to be thankful...but you are resentful.
You want to be big...but you are small.
You want to care...but you are indifferent.
Surely, ... at one time or another, ... each of us has found ourselves ... siting or laying ... on a lily pad.
Floating down ... the great river of life.
Frightened and disgusted ... but too darn Froggish to budge.
The Rest of the Fairy Tale-
Once upon a time there was a Frog.
But he wasn't really a Frog.
He was a Prince that looked like a Frog.
A wicked Witch ... had cast a spell on him ... and only the kiss of a beautiful young maiden ... could save him.
But since when ... do cute chicks ... kiss Frogs?
So, there he sat ... an un-kissed Prince ... in Frog form.
Ah, but miracles happen.
One day a beautiful maiden grabbed him... and gave him a big smack.
Crash, Boom, Zap!
He became.... he was a handsome Prince.
You know the rest.
They lived happily ever after. (Pause)
Beloved, ... there is a spiritual truth ... that lies within this story.
And the spiritual truth is this .... we are each called to be ... frog kissers.
We each ... are called ... to kiss those ... who God places in our lives.
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