Dear Denomination,
We are like a broken down car, but it's ok because the highway we broke down on is smooth and flat. At first we simply found that all we need do is simply push the car. It still rolls fine and we are making progress to the paradise we are headed to. Needless to say we tired of pushing and found that we could hire people to push the car for us. We promptly did so. So here we sit, in our broken down car being pushed down the highway at a snails pace, just hoping no hills or rough road come. As we sit, we realize we have much time on our hands and we fill our time with any distraction we can get our hands on. We have been very blessed in life so there is no need to worry about running out of money to pay the people pushing the car. One day while rummaging through the car we find a repair manual and it becomes our new obsession. We spend time looking at it, counting all the pages, turning it this way and that. The idea pops into our head that this book may hold the key to fixing our car, but we immediately push it away, because we know that to do so would mean stopping our progress. Progress is imperative because we are on vacation and where we are going is said to be paradise. Before long we know all there is to know about our car. We've studied the manual so much that we know precisely what the problem is and what it would take to fix it, but we continue. The man pushing the car is doing a good job. We wouldn't want to take him away from the job we've given him. After all he has a family to feed. And besides to stop and fix the car would again halt our progress and we would likely get our hands dirty. We are unsure about every detail of the repair. We aren't sure if there will be more parts required that might need to be retrieved from somewhere else. We're not sure what tools will be needed. There is a lingering concern because all we've ever done is read from the repair manual and never actually fixed something. Yes, it is far better to remain moving forward. You never know, we may happen along a hitchhiker that needs a ride somewhere. It would be kind of us to offer them a ride in our spare seats.
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