So Sprint has an add right now in which a little boy has his tongue frozen to a pole....and someone brings a bucket of water and unfreezes the little guy's tongue. "Free yourself from calling circles" is the tag of the add. Anyway I am reminded of a little story entitled a sweet wonderful girl gets her tongue stuck on a rabbit cage...here's how the story goes:

Once upon a time, two lovely girls lived in a lovely house on a lovely street in Colorado. They had two rabbits who lived in a dog run in the back-yard of the house. One cooooollllld night the two sweet, wonderful girls went out to bring gifts of food and water to the rabbits. One of the girls spots the perfect crest of snow, laying on a cross-beam of the cage, waiting to bring moisture to her dry mouth. She balances ever so carefully on her tip-toes before her tongue reaches the snow. As she licks, suddenly she notices that as she tries to stand square on her feet, alas she is left dangling by her tongue which is frozen to the pole beneath the snow. She screams for help and her sister rushes inside...perhaps to get help, and perhaps because she is scarred by the image of her sister's predicament. At any case the girl, frozen to the cage, desperately shrieks "aye ung e esen ew e ole" (my tongue is frozen to the pole...in frozen tongue language). Then garnishing up all of her strength, she rips her tongue off the rabbit cage. She lived to see the next day...but still wonders if her tongue has fully recovered.

So what does this have to do with life and faith? Absolutely everything. Have you ever been completely stuck? Ever been frozen in place and your focus is narrow and all you can see is the huge problem in front of you and so you panic and react as quick as you can? Been there done that....tongue still feels the pain. Really, had I stood out in the cold for a few more minutes, help would have come and a warm glass of water would have brought sweet release and I would still be able to taste fully today. The Bible says, "Be still and know I am God." Be still....wait upon the Lord.... peace be still. Rescue is coming if you can wait, stay still, and have faith. We are not called to be reactionary people. We are called to be people who stay still, people who wait, people who trust..... people who wait patiently until the living water makes our frozen places restored .