I read posts on LJ and FB and sometimes i even go to my twitter account and read all the well meaning opinions out there and i can't ever get past these few things:
~ Why have we condensed a life lesson into a 40count line of advice? AND why do we have an expectation that a life problem can be solved in a byte of information. Christ was made perfect (not lacking anything) by what he suffered (Amplified version.) Who or what makes us think that suffering is not part of the equation of our perfection in Christ? Yes of course i love the word BALANCE too. And we should all rightly divide and correctly apply the word of the Living God to our lives, but there is no getting around this one scripture about suffering. NONE!
~ Posts from those who call themselves of the body of believers, Christians, Followers of Christ, etc, etc (you get the picture) have such a callous way to excuse their rudeness and then hide under the banner of "i'm just being honest with how "I" feel". Since when does vomiting our opinions on others constitute as feelings? When did accusing your fellow sojourner become acceptable in the body of Christ? I love what the word tells us about Daniel, that he let no idle words fall to the ground. If "they" will know us by our love for one another, then why isn't the world scrambling to become part of who we are....
we don't have too go to far to see why... listen to what comes out of our mouths, watch where our eyes go, what are the thoughts in our minds; are we bringing them captive into obedience to Christ, or are we letting our mind wander, and gossip to yourself?
In soberness and in humility we should all take an account of the person in the mirror before giving an account for someone else's life or intentions. And we should fall on the ground and be thankful for the forgiveness and mercy found in our savior.
Get back up and walk forward again today, what is forgiven is forgotten with Christ, today you are a new creature and have a treasure in your jar of clay. Be, Walk and Act like the royalty you are! Don't do as the world does, dare to be different, you'll startle yourself for sure :)
1Corinthians 4:1-3 NIV Therefore, since through God's mercy we have this ministry we do not lose heart. Rather we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
