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13:26-33 & Philippians 4:12-14  Bob Biehl, in his book
“Masterplanning,” tells about a conversation he had with a man
who trains animals for Hollywood movies. He asked him, “How is
it that you can stake down a ten-ton elephant with the same size
stake that you use to restrain this baby elephant?”  “It’s
easy,” said the trainer. “When they are babies, we stake them
down. They try to tug away from the stake countless times before
they realize that they can’t get away. At that point the
elephant memory takes over and for the remainder of their lives
they remain convinced that they can’t get away from the stake.”
Like elephants, humans have long memories. Often when we are
young, some unthinking, insensitive person makes a negative
statement about you or me, and we happen to hear it. Maybe they
say about us, “He is not as smart as the other children” or “She
always makes a mess of things,” or “Her personality or
disposition is terrible,” or “He has