totallyforgiven2

This sounds funny at first, but there is a spiritual lesson too, if we do not exercise our spiritual muscles, your spiritual muscles will become weak and then you will not be able to help others when you are called upon. We will become stagnant in our christian walk.


Barnyard Duck
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A flock of wild ducks were flying in formation, heading south for the winter. They formed a beautiful V in the sky, and were admired by everyone who saw them from below.


One day, Wally, one of the wild ducks in the formation, spotted something on the ground that caught his eye. It was a barnyard with a flock of tame ducks who lived on the farm. They were
waddling around on the ground, quacking merrily and eating corn that was thrown on the ground for them every day. Wally liked what he saw. "It sure would be nice to have some of that corn,"
he thought to himself. "And all this flying is very tiring. I'd like to just waddle around for a while."


So after thinking it over a while, Wally left the formation of wild ducks, made a sharp dive to the left, and headed for the barnyard. He landed among the tame ducks, and began to waddle
around and quack merrily. He also started eating corn. The formation of wild ducks continued their journey South, but Wally didn't care. "I'll rejoin them when they come back North in a few
months, he said to himself.


Several months went by and sure enough, Wally looked up and spotted the flock of wild ducks in formation, heading north. They looked beautiful up there. And Wally was tired of the barnyard.
It was muddy and everywhere he waddled, nothing but duck doo.

"It's time to leave," said Wally. So Wally flapped his wings furiously and tried to get airborne. But he had gained some weight from all his corn-eating, and he hadn't exercised his wings much either. He finally got off the ground, but he was flying too low and slammed into the side of the barn. He fell to the ground with a thud and said to himself, "Oh, well, I'll just wait until they fly south in a few months. Then I'll rejoin them and become a wild duck again." But when the flock flew overhead once more, Wally again tried to
lift himself out of the barnyard. He simply didn't have the strength. Every winter and every spring, he saw his wild duck friends flying overhead, and they would call out to him. But his
attempts to leave were all in vain.


Eventually Wally no longer paid any attention to the wild ducks flying overhead. He hardly even noticed them. He had, after all, become a barnyard duck.


Sometimes we get tired of being the kind of ducks we should be -- followers of Jesus Christ. It's not always easy to be obedient to God and to discipline ourselves to hang in there for the long haul. When we are feeling that way, that's when Satan tempts us to "fall out of formation" and to join the barnyard ducks -- the worldly ways of life.


But look what happened to Wally. He thought he would just "check-it-out" for awhile and then leave when he wanted to. But he couldn't do it. Sin is like that. Sin is a trap, and it has a way
of changing us into people we don't even want to become. Eventually we lose touch with who we really are -- the sons and daughters of the Most High. We become barnyard ducks.

-- Author Unknown

HisServant77

Now that is an excellent analogy! Mind if I use that one?

singpraiz4hym

Oh I like this one too. Haven't seen it before and what a great lesson. Thumbs up!

newtronical1

Very good message here Rick. Thanks for sharing it with us and getting us out of the barn!

totallyforgiven2

Sorry for delay, by the time I get to the end of my 8 days stretch, I don't spend as much time on the computer, lol. Yes, anyone can use it that wants too.

Glad everyone enjoyed it and got something from it. Sometimes we wonder why God causes stories and things of the sort to enter our minds, but I guess this is so that we can share it with others and bless them too.

FOCUSED TRUTH

awsome

jtdaily

Very good, thanks for sharing

nate

Great Story Wow I loved that!!!!!