Spiritual gizzard

[toad]

Without the Way, There is no going;
Without the Truth, There is no knowing;
Without the Life, There is no living.
THOMAS A. KEMPIS

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6 NIV)

“Without the Way there is no going.” That statement by Thomas Kempis sticks in my spiritual gizzard this morning. Some of you might not know what a gizzard is, so bare with me while I try to explain. Gizzards are internal parts of chickens that we often roll in batter and fry up. Many times they are eaten along with chicken livers. Livers are easy to eat, but the gizzards are tougher and chewy. Chickens do not have teeth and the gizzards are the place where their food is ground up so it may be digested. The gizzard does not work without help. Chickens have two stomachs, the first we called a craw. Many times you will see chickens and other birds pecking around in the dirt and gravel, what they are doing is picking and eating small rocks. These small rocks along with muscular contractions of the gizzard grind the seeds and grains that the birds eat. I remember when I was young and my granny would clean chickens for the noon meal or evening supper, that as she cleaned the gizzard we would look in the craw to see what the chicken had been pecking. I recall seeing rocks, gravel and even nails. Now that I have cleared up what a gizzard is, I would like to say that my spiritual gizzard is the place where the Word of God abides as it is digested and applied to my life. Instead of rocks and nails I have taken my life’s experiences, words of wisdom and knowledge from those who have traveled this way before, and the discernment given by the Holy Spirit to digest God’s Word for my daily nourishment. “Without the Way there is no going.” The reason this gets stuck in my spiritual gizzard is because we are all traveling through time and space, and we are all going. But without the Way, we are going but going nowhere. The Way is our direction. We stay safe while we travel and out of the ditches. We try not to get over loaded and realize that u-turns take us nowhere. We need to know the Way to arrive at our destination. When I know the Way, God does for me what I could not do for myself…………….JRE

“My stability came out of trying to give, not out of demanding that I receive.” (Bill Wilson, co-founder of AA)

[best]

I now know how to explain what your posts do for me...

They stick in my spiritual gizzard and have me think on them for days at a time.

Thank you Toad.

Another reason I like riding is it gives me lots of spiritual gizzard time. Alone with my bike, the wind, the road, my thoughts and the Lord.

[toad]

Originally Posted by best

I now know how to explain what your posts do for me...

They stick in my spiritual gizzard and have me think on them for days at a time.

Thank you Toad.

Another reason I like riding is it gives me lots of spiritual gizzard time. Alone with my bike, the wind, the road, my thoughts and the Lord.

thanks for the kind words........suppose to be around 40 degrees or more tomorrow........I might just be able to catch some wind.......thanks for your encouragement.......toad

[cmc]

thanks toad, my gizzard is working overtime lately...please pray for me as there is alot of stuff rumbling around inside!! (ouch)