Dishes Discipleship

I live in a house with my 11 brothers. I love them so much.

The complication of 12 guys under one roof is chores, most specifically dishes. It has been the most popular topic of discussion at our house meetings, simply because there is always a mess in the kitchen.

You wont believe how much God has revealed to us through our situation with dishes.

First of all, there are two sides in the dish situation: the proud and the selfish.
The selfish says he doesn't have time to do his dishes.
The proud says he does all his dishes and wont stoop to clean the selfish's dishes.

Granted, each does dishes. But each fails. The selfish fails in doing his own, the proud fails to pick his brother up to do his dishes.

The proud must be humbled, and inform the selfish of his err. If I am trampling my brother, I hope he tells me so I can stop. And I want to have strength to tell someone they are trampling me. Its about laying my life down, but also remaining human. (See the real explination of "turn the other cheek")

Dishes have become an analogy for "problems", and this is the most outstanding revaltion.
There is a sink full of dishes, a world full of problems.
Will you walk by the dishes and say these aren't my problems. I've cleaned my dishes, my problems are solved.
Or will you say, I'll do all these dishes, but I'm not going to really tell anyone where they could improve (call my brother out in his "sin").
Or will you help clean the dishes and ask your brothers to help clean with you?


Anyways, its beautiful, the analogies that ring strong and true.

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