{"id":6358,"date":"2009-07-22T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T07:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adrianwarnock.com\/2009\/07\/break-free-of-your-old-fences\/"},"modified":"2009-07-22T07:20:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-22T07:20:00","slug":"break-free-of-your-old-fences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2009\/07\/break-free-of-your-old-fences\/","title":{"rendered":"Break Free Of Your Old Fences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Came across this old quote from Brad Evangelista<\/a> It reminded me that there is a wealth of interesting old material on the average blog which all too often sits there un-read and under-appreciated. The obsession with \u201cnewness\u201d is one of the things I like least about blogging!<\/p>\n

Brad pictured this with a great story. When he was a young kid, he had a paper route. Everyday, he\u2019d mount his Schwin and head off to deliver papers. A block away from his house lived a huge dog that was half wolf, half bear. The dog was huge and the dog hated Brad. Everyday, the dog would see him coming and everyday, he\u2019d sit up on his porch and start barking as Brad approached. As Brad got closer, the dog would explode off the porch and tear towards Brad with blood dripping from his mouth. Right as Brad got to the house the dog would be in full sprint ready to take Brad apart running as fast as his four paws would deliver him toward his lunch. As Brad got to the dog, he\u2019d pull out a paper. Right as the dog was about to eat Brad, he\u2019d screech to halt at the fence that separated him from his meal. As Brad rolled by, he\u2019d take his paper and drag it against the fence all the way down to the corner. This aggravated his adversary and gave Brad a daily victory against the beast.<\/p>\n

One day Brad came rolling by and the daily ritual played itself out again \u2014 this time with a shocking turn. As Brad approached, the beast leapt from the porch and charged him. Brad pulled his paper out to aggravate the dog and grinned in anticipation. Right as he approached the fence, his discovered in terror that the fence that separated him from the dog was gone! There was nothing to stop the dog from eating him for lunch. The dog approached faster than ever and Brad knew he was dead meat. He stood up on the seat of the bike and was prepared to kick the dog and swat him with the paper. But right as the dog was about to leave the yard and knock Brad off the bike\u2026he slammed to a stop right where the fence used to be. The dog didn\u2019t know the fence was gone and out of habit, he stopped short.<\/p>\n

The dog had freedom but he didn\u2019t know it. He remained trapped in the prison of his own making. In his mind, he was forever tied to that yard. Someone came along and removed the barrier that entrapped him but he didn\u2019t know freedom was his for the taking (or that Brad was his lunch for the taking!).<\/p>\n

It is a great picture for us. Christ has taken down the fences that trap us in the ordinary life. He came that we might have life and have it abundantly READ MORE<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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