Puppets

A puppet that is built to look like a human person is really being controlled by someone else, albeit the human look of the puppet.  Many times we act like puppets.  We are wooden, or stuffed with fear, revenge, resentment and hurt feelings.  We let the actions of others control our responses.  The actions of others we allow to form how we look and act.  If someone is mean to you or ignores you or criticizes you, how much control do you have over your response?  The spiritually mature person, may feel like acting/responding one way, but then choose to act another.  Most Christians, even though they say they believe, are really puppets in day to day life.  Most of us need some program of recovery from the strings attached to us by other people, places, and things.