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Trouble on the Farm and in the Church
When I was quite young I learned some important lessons regarding farm work. Mules were my favorite beast of burden (those were the days when there were very few tractors on Missouri farms). But I immediately learned to regard with much awe the hind feet of a mule. Yet the lesson I learned was that -- a mule can’t pull while kicking -- and he can’t kick while pulling.
Even now, when the mule is almost extinct on the farms, we can learn a lesson in the church from him. In some places brethren fuss and ‘kick’ so much that they just can’t get down to pulling the load of spiritual service to the Lord. But if they can be induced to get busy pulling, they will almost always give up their kicking. Perhaps preachers should be the first to be impressed with the principle we learned from the good ole mule.
