{"id":696,"date":"2009-02-05T13:43:49","date_gmt":"2009-02-05T18:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.shieldsgroup.com\/?p=696"},"modified":"2013-10-28T21:23:25","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T01:23:25","slug":"do-you-know-anyone-who-is-wrapped-too-tightly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/05\/do-you-know-anyone-who-is-wrapped-too-tightly\/","title":{"rendered":"Am I wrapped too tight?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don\u2019t know Jeff Dyer, but I\u2019ve appreciated his sense of humor. Jeff had a web site called www.InHis.com. It was a place where you could find clean jokes and stories. Many times, I\u2019ve taken out my handheld PC and received a smile from what he had there.<\/p>\n

But several years ago, the jokes disappeared. Jeff had stopped publishing jokes at inhis.com. Why? He listed three reasons, paraphrased here:<\/p>\n

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  1. Lack of time to keep up with technology.<\/li>\n
  2. Lack of joy in keeping it current.<\/li>\n
  3. Unwillingness to continue to subject himself to the judgments of modern-day Pharisees.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Let me read you his exact words in number three:<\/p>\n

    I am tired of trying to explain myself to the self-appointed, self-righteous guardians of ethics and morality. I have been accused of everything from intentional plagiarism, copyright infringement to un-Christ like attitudes and behavior. I just do not want to fight those battles anymore.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    He had printed this third reason in bold.<\/p>\n

    I am guessing it was not just the straw the broke the camel\u2019s back, but the primary reason he stopped.<\/p>\n

    Do you know what Jeff\u2019s real problem was? Some of the people who read his site were wrapped a little too tightly. If you have people like that in your life, perhaps this sermon will be of some value.<\/p>\n