Thinking…
I’ve been thinking about how critical I am of other people. If somebody shares a conviction in their life and I think the person is wierd…I automatically just think it is completely insignificant. God may be at work in somebody’s life and I’ll seriously judge their motives in the most negative ways…and God has just really convicted me about it. I mean, let’s face it…we all have people that we can’t stand, but we still have NO room to judge at all. I’m worthless without Christ anyway. I’m just too critical maybe sometimes, and I don’t want to turn people away from knowing Jesus because of how critical a person I am. I’ll be honest, I can be pretty pessimistic sometimes and say stuff like “oh…of COURSE!!” whenever anything bad happens, and man…I just want God to inhabit everything about me. I want every aspect of my life to be specifically sanded and varnished the way he sees fit. That’s where I’m at right now…
April 1st, 2006 at 11:29 pm
Some wise thoughts. It’s very important not just to listen but to listen with an open heart. Thanks for the challenge.
April 4th, 2006 at 11:39 am
Ty,
I can honestly say I know what you mean, because I\’ve been guilty of doing that as well. For me I think it is spiritual pride. I think what that person is saying isn\’t really happening in there lives, and how can they talk about that, or what\’s going on in my life is more important than what\’s going on in there\’s. But I find that if someone close to me tells me something that\’s going on or someone I respect I tend not to do that too. I just have to continue to ask for forgiveness when it\’s brought to may attention and that\’s what your post did for me. I also want to encourage you Tyler, I can tell that God is doing stuff in your life, that he\’s changing you and I just want to encourage you to keep letting Him have more and more freedom in your life.
April 4th, 2006 at 12:02 pm
Thanks for the encouragement dawg!