The old great calabash.....interesting story!

The old great calabash.....interesting story!

There was once an old man who was a great shepherd with a huge herd of cattle and sheep. The old man loved his cattle and every morning he would set out for the grazing fields returning at dusk. His best companion was his well kept multi-colored calabash in which he would carry his fermented milk which was his favorite drink. The calabash had been handed over to him by his legendary grand father and he had carried it daily since he was a young man. This calabash was so important to him such that his wife would clean it separately store it separately and no one else in his house was allowed to touch it. He believed it had good luck and he would never exchange it for a new one or for whatever amount of money.

One day while in the grazing field at around mid morning he left his calabash under the tree as he went to bring his cattle near him. On getting back to his calabash he realized that there was some strange noise coming from the calabash. On checking inside, a snake had crawled in his beautiful calabash! He turned his calabash upside down pouring all the remaining milk to try and have the snake get out. He tried to hit the calabash with his hand while it faced upside down but the snake couldn't move. He tried knocking the calabash gently against a tree a rock etc without success. He was devastated since the snake would not budge! He realized he would break his great calabash, a price he was so reluctant to pay and decided to hang it facing downwards and bid his time. Who knows, by evening the snake might have just come out!

Evening came and it was time to go home and the snake was still there. Was he going to carry his calabash home and therein the snake? No! With a heavy heart he had to break the calabash and killed the snake.
Moral? We are his favorite calabash (our Maker) and he is not willing to exchange us with anything. He bought us with his own blood. But sometimes we have let sin crawl in us. We have refused to let the snake(sin) out of us. Sometimes he turns our lives upside down we get hurt but still cling to our snake! He hits us against walls, rocks trees etc but we are unwilling to let go of the snake. We are unwilling to let go of slander, hate, sexual impurity, pride, envy etc. Some of us have just been hang facing downwards as the Lord is giving us time to let go of the snake! Time is running and evening is coming and we are there mourning our bad lack, failed relationships etc yet our maker is waiting for us to let go of that snake. Its almost time to go home, let go before you are finally crushed!