I do not believe in shooting dead horses. The thing to do is bury it and walk away. I know people who are still taking pot shots at issues that gave up the ghost long ago. We put bulls-eyes on corpses, set up a rifle range in a grave yard, and spend our days shooting holes through something that no longer has legs to stand on.
I met a widow once who had been bitter because of her husband’s treatment of her for thirteen years. The ironic thing was that he had been dead that amount of time. Instead of moving on, there are those who prefer to spend their lives digging up corpses and dealing with the dead. You don’t have to be around them long to know who they are; they carry the stench of a mortuary. Plus, they always have in their pocket or purse, a bottle of embalming fluid.
May God help those who are living among the tombs to bury once and for all those dead issues in their lives. And when you do, don’t forget to throw away the shovel. Once you get back among the living, you will be glad you did, for you will be a new person. Or as Peter puts it, “…a lively stone.”
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