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Thank you,
Jean
Friday, October 18, 2019
Thursday, October 10, 2019
My Fall
Solomon wrote, "Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom." Proverbs 13:10.
A mixture of tiredness and pain and sadness and anger. Some of it is from circumstances beyond my control, but I'll admit I could make wiser choices at times that would lessen it. I have a part to play too, and lately I haven't been doing my best. When I get like this, it's easy for me to snap at things that I could deal with better otherwise, such as little annoyances.
Earlier was one of those times. I saw it coming too, even prayed about it. But I lost the battle. Was it because God couldn't or wouldn't help me? No! It was because I didn't stay on guard, didn't keep my focus on Him. Jesus told His disciples in Matthew 26:41, "Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." Just like Peter on the sea, I let circumstances and pride master me.
A simple question. "What?"
I tell the inquirer I'm tired.
Yeah, they are too.
And I end up upset and I yell. The response irritated me, and instead of praying for strength to resist giving into irritation, I let that straw break my back. I fell. I didn't follow what Jesus said to do. In my state of mind, it seemed to me that the response wasn't what I should have received, and that is where the proverb shows itself to be true. If there had been no "I" in my thinking, my reaction wouldn't have been what it was.
It's no wonder Isaiah wrote, "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee." (Isaiah 26:3).
May we keep ever close to God. May we always "Watch and pray," for only then is success certain. And may we pray for each other, that we won't let our guard down.
-Jean
A mixture of tiredness and pain and sadness and anger. Some of it is from circumstances beyond my control, but I'll admit I could make wiser choices at times that would lessen it. I have a part to play too, and lately I haven't been doing my best. When I get like this, it's easy for me to snap at things that I could deal with better otherwise, such as little annoyances.
Earlier was one of those times. I saw it coming too, even prayed about it. But I lost the battle. Was it because God couldn't or wouldn't help me? No! It was because I didn't stay on guard, didn't keep my focus on Him. Jesus told His disciples in Matthew 26:41, "Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." Just like Peter on the sea, I let circumstances and pride master me.
A simple question. "What?"
I tell the inquirer I'm tired.
Yeah, they are too.
And I end up upset and I yell. The response irritated me, and instead of praying for strength to resist giving into irritation, I let that straw break my back. I fell. I didn't follow what Jesus said to do. In my state of mind, it seemed to me that the response wasn't what I should have received, and that is where the proverb shows itself to be true. If there had been no "I" in my thinking, my reaction wouldn't have been what it was.
It's no wonder Isaiah wrote, "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee." (Isaiah 26:3).
May we keep ever close to God. May we always "Watch and pray," for only then is success certain. And may we pray for each other, that we won't let our guard down.
-Jean
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