Maybe this is a loaded question but it has been on my mind for a good year now.
Because we believe that only God and Jesus are perfect, does that mean we have to beat ourselves up? Must we focus on our short comings? Must we never embrace our strengths? Do we have to always be talking about how we are not good enough?
I am not saying be prideful nor for us to ignore where we need to make changes in our lives. But do we have to be so negative? We should go after these changes with HOPE and EXCITEMENT not despair and defeat and drudgery. We have GOD within us, what is impossible? We have the BEST teacher, coach, friend, family — GOD!
What do we have to be so melancholy about?
Raise your head, you are loved.
Smile, you are saved.
Live this life, God put you here to do just that.
OK, stepping down from my soapbox.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackThe joy of the Lord is my strength!!!
I don’t think it is being negative. It is just being submissive to a higher authority. Psalms 4 - 5 (Revised Standard Edition): “What is man that though art mindful of him, and the son of man that thou dost care for him? Yet thou hast made him little less than God, and dost drown him with glory and honor.” Hope this helps and encourages as it has me.
I always taught my daughter that although we are not overall perfect, we can do some things with perfection. She could be perfect in not abusing drugs, she could be perfect in paying her tithing etc.
Just as we eat an elephant, one bite at a time:)
Great message and I agree. The JOY of the LORD is my strength
Thank you all so much.
Sidney — I love the be perfect in ….
I don’t think “we are too negative as Christians.” It’s a process like anything else. God loves us in spite of our imperfections. Our job is not to be perfect, but rather to be the best that we can be.
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