Why do we Try, to hold onto the Chaff?

A had a picture of me talking to a friend about a couple of recent blog posts. The titles of the posts in question are…

When’s the Right time to Forgive?

How do we Forgive, when we Don’t want to do?

In the picture, I was saying to my friend, that I’d been writing posts that I’d rather of not written, as the experience that went with them, was unpleasant.

My friend went onto to ask the obvious question of, “What happened then?”

My thoughts then went to…

Why do you want to talk about the rubbish that I’ve had to deal with, when I’ve got gold, that’s been refined from the experience?
Why would you rather catch the chaff, and let the good kernel, fall to the ground?
I have some great principles to share with you, but you would rather talk about the details of the bad experience?
WHY???

I think that the reason the picture came to me, so quickly, is because, I would probably be making the same mistake, myself, in a similar situation. 😦

Why do we so quickly fall into this trap?
Why do we want to jump straight into all the gory details, instead of wanting to pick up the gold, that is waiting to be taken?
(Me included, to that one. 😦 )

We may all laugh, or smile and nod a bit at this thought, and put it down to something like, “It’s just our human nature.”
But, do we have to remain in that way of thinking?
Could we try to become aware of such thinking, and to then try for a better way instead?
Kingdom Thinking, anybody?
Could we try to search out the good stuff, and then let the stuff, that is of little, or no value, just fall away?

Romans 12:1-2
12 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. ² Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.