by Stephen
Bly
Copyright©1993,2010
A local girls’ high school basketball team put on an excellent show. Quick, aggressive, fearless in diving after loose balls, they drove to the basket, fast break, full court press, and hit three points.
An amazing exhibition. The other team looked like they wanted to go home after the first quarter. They lost by 35 points.
An old timer next to me shook his head. “Them little ladies
sure did hog-tie that team in green.”
He got that right. The losing team seemed at times to be
bound in ropes.
To hog-tie means to throw an animal and then bind it by
tying its two hind feet and a front one together. In rodeo, the rope’s called a
‘piggin’ strang.’ Loop the forefoot and shove the back feet on top, then wrap
all three with a couple loops and tie a half-hitch or hooey. This keeps the
animal immobile while you do your doctoring or whatever else might need to be
done.
You don’t hog-tie a horse. Or people. But you can tie
them up socially or mentally or emotionally. Even spiritually.Sin hog-ties us more than anything else. It incapacitates us, makes us useless to accomplish any good thing.
The Bible says, “Throw off
everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles and let us run
with perseverance the race marked out for us” (Hebrews 12:1).
Sometimes we hog-tie ourselves. Wouldn’t that be a weird sight? Does a runner prepare for a big race by tying both feet and a hand together? She’d wallow in the dirt while the other racers lapped her.
Sometimes we hog-tie ourselves. Wouldn’t that be a weird sight? Does a runner prepare for a big race by tying both feet and a hand together? She’d wallow in the dirt while the other racers lapped her.
What hog-ties you?
Jesus wants to set you free.
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with Janet Chester Bly, Russell Bly, Michael Bly & Aaron Bly
Finishing Dad's novel was a family affair.
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