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Monday Morning Motivation

The scriptures are replete with examples of the severe penalties faced by Israel for indulging in idolatry. Today, we tend to scoff at the notion of idolatry, even celebrating it in popular television programming (American Idol)!

Have you constructed idols in your practice? Some chiropractors have turned their technique, their health, their reputation and even their hands into idols.

This is dangerous territory. Besides the obvious hubris, it suggests that you're somehow responsible for the healing and the often dramatic results produced by reducing tension to the nervous system along the spinal column.

However, like your car's ignition key that activates the intelligence built into it by the engineers who designed and manufactured it, your adjustment merely invokes the intelligence built into each patient by their Maker. Claiming credit (or taking blame) is actually a form of stealing.

Give credit to the manufacturer, not the key; the Maker, not the adjustment.

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From October 19, 2009 6:00 AM

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