THE CURE WE NEED
A man limps into a hospital to have his foot X-rayed and is asked to wait for the results. Some time later an orderly appears and hands the man a large pill. As he’s handed the pill, a mother with a small child in need of immediate attention enters and the orderly disappears with the new patient.
The man with the foot problem hobbles over to get a glass of water, swallows the pill, and sits down to wait. Some time later the orderly reappears bringing a bucket of water to the man with the limp.
"Okay," he said, "Let’s drop the pill in this bucket and soak your foot for a while."
Our own behaviors can circumvent the very cure we need.
(From a sermon by Curing Church Conflict -2, 2/21/2011)